US 12,492,057 B2
Receptacle with internal container suspended in an external pot and method of assembling the receptacle by axially pressing the internal container directly against a glass neck of the pot
Frédéric Jouan, Moriers (FR); and Antoine Del Din, Yaucourt-Bussus (FR)
Assigned to POCHET, Clichy (FR)
Filed by POCHET, Clichy (FR)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/494,887.
Claims priority of application No. 2211208 (FR), filed on Oct. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140676 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 77/04 (2006.01); A45D 40/00 (2006.01); B65D 41/04 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65D 51/18 (2006.01); B65D 53/02 (2006.01); B65D 55/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 77/0493 (2013.01) [A45D 40/0068 (2013.01); B65D 41/04 (2013.01); B65D 43/0231 (2013.01); B65D 51/18 (2013.01); B65D 53/02 (2013.01); B65D 55/02 (2013.01); A45D 2040/0018 (2013.01); A45D 2200/053 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0018 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0078 (2013.01); B65D 2251/205 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00092 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00537 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00564 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00972 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refillable receptacle for cosmetic product, comprising:
an external covering pot made of glass, including a side wall extending around a longitudinal axis and an upper neck defining an axial opening for accessing an inside volume of the pot;
a removable internal container made of rigid inert inorganic material created as one piece and intended to be inserted into the inside volume through the axial opening, defining a storage compartment for the cosmetic product;
a lid configured to occupy a closed position which allows closing off the axial opening; and
an annular clamping element for clamping from above, constituting or being part of a locking portion which is detachably fixed to the upper neck to prevent removal of the internal container at least in the closed position,
wherein the locking portion, secured to the pot, is configured to axially immobilize the internal container which is engaged on the upper neck by seating with direct contact on a mounting area that is at an uppermost part of the upper neck, the annular clamping element being adapted to cover axially, from above, an upper annular portion of the internal container so that said upper annular portion of the internal container is axially sandwiched between a glass edge or rim forming all or part of the mounting area provided on the upper neck and a radial portion of the annular clamping element,
wherein the annular clamping element constitutes the locking portion, which is separate from the lid and has an annular shape to define an opening for accessing the storage compartment when the lid is absent,
wherein the annular clamping element comprises a first part having an annular radial portion which extends around the longitudinal axis and has an inside diameter resting directly against the uppermost part of the upper neck from above, presenting an inner face which faces a flange of the internal container, the flange being formed in said upper annular portion of the internal container,
wherein the upper annular portion defines a maximum outside diameter of the internal container, which is lower than the inside diameter of the first part,
wherein the radial portion of the annular clamping element axially contacts above the annular radial portion of the first part,
and wherein the lid is removably fixed in an annular attachment region formed on at least one among the annular clamping element and the upper neck.