US 12,304,714 B2
Paper based container for household products
Logan Taylor Brooks, Cincinnati, OH (US); Kassandra Walburger, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte, Astene (BE)
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. 17/677,212.
Claims priority of application No. 21158329 (EP), filed on Feb. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0267074 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 77/04 (2006.01); B65D 5/56 (2006.01); B65D 75/32 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 77/048 (2013.01) [B65D 5/56 (2013.01); B65D 75/322 (2013.01); B65D 77/0426 (2013.01)] 20 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 interior to said shell layer;
wherein said shell layer has an interior facing surface oriented towards said longitudinal axis, wherein said interior facing surface of the cap portion comprises at least one dosing indicia;
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; and
wherein said shell layer comprises an overlapping longitudinal seam extending at least partway between said shell bottom edge and said shell top edge.