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Container having a use indicator

US9994360B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 2016
Grant dateJun 12, 2018
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2401/55
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A product includes a bottle, and an indicator that is carried in a relief in an interior surface of at least one of a shoulder of the bottle or a neck of the bottle, and that is adapted, upon contact with air, irreversibly to change a characteristic of the indicator that is visible from outside of the bottle to indicate to a user that the product has been used. A package including the product, and a method for making the package are also disclosed.

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