Package for storing a plurality of products

US9938063B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Gillette Company LLC · US

Inventors

• Erwin Mark · Eschborn, DE
• Craig Wilburn · Sharonville, US
• Martin Jay Marotti · Carmel, US
• Oliver Horst Heilmann · Bad Soden, DE
• Harald De Buhr · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Eric Latza · Schwalbach, DE
• Christian Stief · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D75/366
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A package kit includes a plurality of primary packages, each having a cavity for storing one of a plurality of products, and a secondary package that stores the plurality of primary packages and includes a back and front panels between which the primary packages are sandwiched. The front panel has a first row of apertures, each displaying at least a portion of a primary package. A first outer circumferential portion of the front panel partially surrounds the apertures and is attached to the back panel, and a second outer circumferential portion of the front panel is attached to the back panel. The front panel includes an elevated portion between the first and second outer circumferential portions. The first outer circumferential portion has a first and second limbs, and the second outer circumferential portion has a third and fourth limbs. The elevated portion extends from, and is hingeably connected to, the first, second, third, and fourth limbs.