US 11,883,835 B2
Shell container suitable for housing a discrete refill container
Slavica Cesare, Trumbull, CT (US); Lauren Alicia Ugliuzza, Seattle, WA (US); Graham Keith Lacy, London (GB); Jonathan Edward Mason, London (GB); and Gregory Lalier, Brookfield, CT (US)
Assigned to Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 16/471,155
Filed by Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/081341
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 19, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/114301, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 16206354 (EP), filed on Dec. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0023391 A1, Jan. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. B05B 11/00 (2023.01); A47K 5/12 (2006.01); B65D 41/16 (2006.01); B65D 47/08 (2006.01); B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B65D 77/06 (2006.01); B05B 11/02 (2023.01)
CPC B05B 11/0054 (2013.01) [A47K 5/12 (2013.01); B05B 11/0038 (2018.08); B05B 11/026 (2023.01); B65D 41/165 (2013.01); B65D 47/0885 (2013.01); B65D 75/5883 (2013.01); B65D 77/06 (2013.01); A47K 5/1205 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refill container having a product chamber and a discrete fitment attached thereto, the fitment having a resting surface, the fitment being adapted to be used with a variety of outer package shells having a support surface on which the fitment resting surface can be supported whereby the refill container can be utilized for different brands or product concepts, the fitment including a centrally disposed cylindrical opening defined by a cylindrical wall which extends above a platform and including one or more recesses on the fitment cylindrical wall above the platform to assist in snapping the fitment on to a neck of the product chamber, the fitment having front, rear and side walls extending above the platform wherein the walls afford a surface on which the fitment can be supported.