US5007540A
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Personal care package
Assignee: BEASLEY FAMILY TRUST
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Filing: 1990-04-17
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Granted: 1991-04-16
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Expires: 2010-04-17
Abstract
Abstract A package of personal care commodities comprised of a plurality of separate containers each charged with a supply of a care commodity and sectionally configured individually as a triangular truncated wedge. The individual containers are capable of being arranged and detachably retained together in a nested relation when assembled to collectively form either a compact enclosing package unit of square cross-section or a relatively flat section that can be conveniently stored or hand carried for travel.
Inventors
- 👤 John C. Beasley
- 👤 Pierre F. Dinand
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 04:24
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45D; A45D40/00; A45D40/18; A45C; A45C7/00; A45C7/0018; A45C7/0045; B; B65; B65D; B65D21/00; B65D21/02; B65D21/0201; B65D21/0205; B65D2313/00; B65D2313/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/813
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
A package of personal care items, comprising: a plurality of selectively shaped individual containers from which contained personal care commodities can be dispensed; each of said containers, in section, having a geometrical configuration selected to cooperate with the others of said containers, on being juxtaposed, to effect an arrangement in which said containers, when collectively assembled, complementarily interfit with one another; and attachment means comprising complementary hook and loop strips on the confronting surfaces of the containers to releasably retain said containers in said juxtaposed relationship.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
A package of personal care items, comprising: a plurality of selectively shaped individual containers from which contained personal care commodities can be dispensed; each of said containers, in section, having a geometrical configuration selected to cooperate with the others of said containers, on being juxtaposed, to effect an arrangement in which said containers, when collectively assembled, complementarily interfit with one another; and attachment means comprising complementary hook and loop strips on the confronting surfaces of the containers to releasably retain said containers in said juxtaposed relationship.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A package in accordance with claim 1 in which said containers when assembled are disposed relatively flat between parallel planes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
159 words
A package of personal care items, comprising: a plurality of selectively shaped individual containers from which contained personal care commodities can be dispensed; each of said containers, in section, having a geometrical configuration selected to cooperate with the others of said containers, on being juxtaposed, to effect an arrangement in which said containers, when collectively assembled, complementarily interfit with one another; and attachment means to releasably retain said containers in said juxtaposed relationship; each of said containers further including a removable cap disposed thereon for accessing the personal care commodity in the container, said cap being of the same sectional configuration as the container on which it is disposed so as to provide exterior surface continuity thereto; each of said containers having a tubular neck laterally upstanding from an end surface of the container for communicating with the internal storage volume thereof, and said cap rotatably interfits with said neck for opening and closing access to said internal volume.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
159 words
A package of personal care items, comprising: a plurality of selectively shaped individual containers from which contained personal care commodities can be dispensed; each of said containers, in section, having a geometrical configuration selected to cooperate with the others of said containers, on being juxtaposed, to effect an arrangement in which said containers, when collectively assembled, complementarily interfit with one another; and attachment means to releasably retain said containers in said juxtaposed relationship; each of said containers further including a removable cap disposed thereon for accessing the personal care commodity in the container, said cap being of the same sectional configuration as the container on which it is disposed so as to provide exterior surface continuity thereto; each of said containers having a tubular neck laterally upstanding from an end surface of the container for communicating with the internal storage volume thereof, and said cap rotatably interfits with said neck for opening and closing access to said internal volume.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A package in accordance with claim 3 in which the caps of said containers when collectively assembled interlock one another against rotation.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The package in accordance with claim 4 in which said containers are trapezoidal in section defining a triangular truncated wedge and there is included an unlike shaped container surrounded by the truncated faces of said like containers.
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