US 12,240,660 B2
Paper based container for household products
Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte, Astene (BE); Logan Taylor Brooks, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Kassandra Walburger, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,184.
Claims priority of application No. 21158325 (EP), filed on Feb. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0267051 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 41/16 (2006.01); B65D 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 41/16 (2013.01) [B65D 3/28 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container comprising:
a paperboard shell layer about a longitudinal axis and extending from a shell bottom edge to a shell top edge, wherein said shell layer comprises:
a body portion extending from said shell bottom edge to a lower line of limitation;
a predetermined removable portion extending from said lower line of limitation to an upper line of limitation; and
a cap portion extending from said upper line of limitation to said shell top edge; and
a paperboard core layer extending at least partially about said longitudinal axis and interior to said shell layer, wherein said core layer is joined to said body portion and extends from below said lower line of limitation to above said upper line of limitation;
wherein said body portion comprises a lobe immediately below said lower line of limitation and has a peripheral exterior length orthogonally about said longitudinal axis immediately below said lobe;
wherein said lobe has a lobe exterior length orthogonal to or about said longitudinal axis and said lobe exterior length is more than 5% of said peripheral exterior length; and
wherein said lobe has a lobe exterior height parallel to said longitudinal axis and said lobe has a lobe exterior length to lobe exterior height ratio greater than 1.