Packaging for driveway sealers and repair materials

• US 10,294,617 B1
• Filed: 09/06/2017
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matthew D. Mccarthy
• Original Assignee: Matthew D. Mccarthy
• Inventors: McCarthy, Matthew D
• Primary Examiner(s): Risic, Abigail A
• Application Number:
  US15/696,378
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/70 for materials not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 11/005 Methods or materials for repairing pavings E01C7/35 takes precedence; for concrete coverings E01C7/147; for bituminous coverings E01C7/187; devices for repair works E01C23/06; repairing bridge floorings E01D22/00
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 19/12 for distributing granular or liquid materials E01C19/002, E01C19/45, E01C19/46, E01C19/48, E01C23/03, E01C23/065 , E01C23/07 take precedence; for filling joints or grooves E01C23/02, E01C23/09
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 19/16 for applying or spreading liquid materials, e.g. bitumen slurries E01C19/1054, E01C19/21, E01C19/45, E01C19/4813, E01C21/00, E01C23/02, E01C23/03, E01C23/065, E01C23/096, E01C23/0973, E01C23/0993 , E01C23/16 take precedence; spreading-out or smoothing-down means as parts of spraying apparatus E01C19/178

Abstract

An asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system having a pre-portioned, modular containment for containing a volume of cold pour asphalt sealer. The modular containment is formed of a cube shaped outer corrugated cardboard housing having a high temperature stable sealing insert. The housing is interchangeably attached to a spreading apparatus having a wheeled carriage with grasping/pushing handles. A linear output of asphalt sealer is thereby dispensed as said wheeled carriage is rolled along a target surface.

Claims

1. An asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system comprising:

a pre-portioned, modular containment for containing a volume of cold pour asphalt sealer in a modular, interchangeable manner;

an ambulating spreading apparatus in fluid communication with said volume and adapted for gravity-fed dispensing of said asphalt sealer directly from said modular containment to a surface to be sealed;

an outer housing formed in a hexahedron of corrugated cardboard;

a sealing insert comprising a gusseted bag insert nested in and contained by the modular containment;

a support insert nested in and contained by the bag insert and adapted to provide a structured volume within the sealing insert;

a filling spout in fluid communication between the asphalt sealer, through said sealing insert and extending upward through a filling spout access orifice formed in said outer housing; and

a dispensing spout in fluid communication between the asphalt sealer, through said sealing insert and extending outward from a dispensing spout access orifice formed as a hinged perforated flap in said outer housing.

2. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 1, wherein said outer housing further comprises:

a first front side panel having a first score line adjacent to a front panel;

a second side panel having a second score line adjacent to a the front panel and a third score line adjacent to a rear panel;

a first bottom support flap extending across a majority of a bottom surface;

a second bottom support flap extending across a majority of the bottom surface;

a first bottom closure flap and a second bottom closure flap configured meet at a middle of the bottom surface;

a first top support flap extending across a majority of a top surface;

a second top support flap extending across a majority of the top surface;

a first top closure flap and a second top closure flap configured meet at a middle of the top surface; and

a sealing tab or flap for glued attachment to the first side panel.

3. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 1, wherein said outer housing further comprises:

a first handhold perforation formed in a first side panel as an elongated oval perforated slots in the corrugated sidewall; and

a second handhold perforation formed in a second side panel as an elongated oval perforated slots in the corrugated sidewall.

4. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 2, wherein said outer housing further comprises:

a first handhold perforation formed in the first side panel as an elongated oval perforated slot in the corrugated sidewall; and

a second handhold perforation formed in the second side panel as an elongated oval perforated slot in the corrugated sidewall.

5. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 1, wherein said support insert comprises:

a molded plastic body formed of six intersecting sidewall and demarcating a storage volume;

a filling spout orifice formed at an uppermost sidewall; and

a dispensing spout formed at any other sidewall.

6. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 5, wherein said molded plastic body is formed of a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer that is stable to chemical and temperature conditions of the asphalt sealer.

7. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 1, wherein

said outer housing is adapted to adjust to a collapsed configuration when not in use so as to allow for plurality of outer housings to be stacked;

and

said support insert is adapted to nested with a plurality of such support inserts when not in use.

8. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 1, wherein

said filling spout is capable of being retracted for storage within the outer housing;

and

said dispensing spout is capable of being retracted for storage within the outer housing.

9. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 1, said spreading apparatus further comprises:

a wheeled carriage with grasping/pushing handles.

10. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 1, said spreading apparatus further comprises:

a wheeled carriage with grasping/pushing handles; and

said dispensing spout adapted to dispense a linear output of asphalt sealer as said wheeled carriage is rolled along a target surface.

11. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 5, said spreading apparatus further comprises:

a wheeled carriage with grasping/pushing handles; and

said dispensing spout adapted to dispense a linear output of asphalt sealer as said wheeled carriage is rolled along a target surface.

12. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 8, said spreading apparatus further comprises:

a wheeled carriage with grasping/pushing handles; and

said dispensing spout adapted to dispense a linear output of asphalt sealer as said wheeled carriage is rolled along a target surface.

13. An asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system, comprising:

a pre-portioned, modular containment for containing a volume of cold pour asphalt sealer in a modular, interchangeable manner; and

an ambulating spreading apparatus in fluid communication with said volume and adapted for gravity-fed dispensing of said asphalt sealer directly from said modular containment to a surface to be sealed, wherein said modular containment further comprises;

generally cylindrical, plastic bucket housing;

a sealing lid connectable about an upper opening of the bucket;

a locking mechanism for attachment into the spreading apparatus; and

a lifting mechanism adapted to lift the plastic bucket while connected to said sealing lid;

wherein said locking mechanism and said lifting mechanism are integrated as part of said sealing lid.

14. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 13, wherein said locking mechanism is formed at an upper surface of said lid and encompasses a discharge orifice formed in said lid in a manner that the bucket with sealing lid attached, when inverted, is connected into a position within a receiving chamber of the spreading apparatus.

15. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 13, said spreading apparatus further comprises:

a wheeled carriage with grasping/pushing handles; and

said dispensing spout adapted to dispense a linear output of asphalt sealer as said wheeled carriage is rolled along a target surface.

16. The asphalt sealer packaging and dispensing system of claim 14, said spreading apparatus further comprises:

a wheeled carriage with grasping/pushing handles; and

said dispensing spout adapted to dispense a linear output of asphalt sealer as said wheeled carriage is rolled along a target surface.