US 11,724,853 B2
Scented attachments for beverage cartons
Shawn Griffis, La Jolla, CA (US)
Assigned to SZENT CO., La Jolla, CA (US)
Filed by SZENT CO., La Jolla, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/660,546.
Application 17/660,546 is a continuation of application No. 17/065,342, filed on Oct. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,312,528.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/911,918, filed on Oct. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057426 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 5/44 (2006.01); B65D 41/04 (2006.01); B65D 5/74 (2006.01); B65D 5/40 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/44 (2013.01) [B65D 5/40 (2013.01); B65D 5/746 (2013.01); B65D 41/0407 (2013.01); B65D 2203/12 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
3. A scent delivery system for a beverage contained in a box carton, comprising:
a box carton container to contain a fluid beverage, the box carton container including a main body region and an upper body region, the upper body region including a spout having an opening into the inside of the box carton container;
a cap attachable to the spout of the box carton container to cover the opening, the cap operable to move, reversibly, between (i) a closed position that prevents the beverage contained within the box carton container to flow outward from the box carton container while the cap is attached to the box carton container and (ii) an open position that allows the beverage within the box carton container to flow outward while the cap is unattached to the box carton container; and
a scented article coupled to the box carton container and operable to generate a scent capable of stimulating an olfactory sensation of a user including during consumption of the beverage when the cap is in the open position,
wherein, when the cap is attached to the spout in the closed position, an interior surface of the cap and an external surface of the box carton container create a contact seal that encloses the scented article in a space within and locks in the scent, wherein the interior surface of the cap is a bottom surface of a side wall of the cap, and wherein the spout includes a ridge indenting inward into a base surface of the spout, where the ridge is positioned on the base surface such that a surface of the ridge contacts the bottom surface of the side wall of the cap when the cap is attached to the spout in the closed position to create the contact seal.