US 12,434,877 B2
Paper based container for household products
Kassandra Walburger, Cincinnati, OH (US); Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte, Astene (BE); and Logan Taylor Brooks, 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. 17/677,205.
Claims priority of application No. 21158327 (EP), filed on Feb. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0267043 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 3/22 (2006.01); A45D 34/00 (2006.01); B65D 3/04 (2006.01); B65D 3/26 (2006.01); B65D 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 3/22 (2013.01) [A45D 34/00 (2013.01); B65D 3/04 (2013.01); B65D 3/262 (2013.01); B65D 3/28 (2013.01); A45D 2200/05 (2013.01); B65D 2203/12 (2013.01)] 17 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 a core rim above said upper line of limitation;
wherein said core rim is located at a rim distance from said shell bottom edge as measured parallel to said longitudinal axis and said rim distance is a function of position about said longitudinal axis; and
wherein said core rim has a pour spout having a rim distance global maxima and a rim distance global minima relative to said shell bottom edge;
wherein at any position about said longitudinal axis said cap portion has a cap portion height measured parallel to said longitudinal axis between said upper line of limitation and said shell top edge and said predetermined removeable portion has a predetermined removeable portion maximum height measured parallel to said longitudinal axis and said cap portion height is greater than said predetermined removable portion maximum height.