US 11,702,264 B2
Packaged oral care implement and packaged set thereof
Maneesh Kumar, Mumbai (IN); Devesh Badola, Mumbai (IN); and Swapnil Raut, Mumbai (IN)
Assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/250,611
Filed by Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/045702
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/033684, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/717,066, filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0179331 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 75/36 (2006.01); B65D 75/52 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 75/366 (2013.01) [B65D 75/367 (2013.01); B65D 75/522 (2013.01); B65D 75/527 (2013.01); B65D 2575/367 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaged oral care implement comprising:
a package having a front surface and an opposite rear surface, the package comprising:
a blister package comprising a plurality of receiving cavities spaced apart from one another and having an open rear end;
a flat panel comprising a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, a plurality of first window apertures, the flat panel coupled to the blister package so that the rear surface of the flat panel closes the open rear end of the receiving cavities, and a plurality of second window apertures formed through the flat panel, wherein the first and second window apertures are spaced apart by a bridge portion of the flat panel, wherein one of the first window apertures and one of the second window apertures is aligned with each of the plurality of receiving cavities; and
a transparent film coupled to the front surface of the flat panel and covering the first window aperture and the second window aperture; and
a plurality of oral care implements positioned within the receiving cavities of the blister package such that each of the plurality of oral care implements is positioned within one of the plurality of receiving cavities of the blister package, wherein the plurality of oral care implements are visible from the rear surface of the package through the blister package and from the front surface of the package through the first and second window apertures;
wherein the package comprises pre-weakened areas that divide the package into a plurality of sections, each of the plurality of sections comprising a portion of the blister package that includes one of the plurality of receiving cavities, a portion of the flat panel, and a portion of the transparent film, wherein each of the plurality of sections can be detached from a remainder of the package by tearing along the pre-weakened area surrounding that section; and
wherein the package comprises a perimeter portion that surrounds the plurality of sections, the perimeter portion remaining intact when the sections are detached.