Container for consumer products with concealed stretch release adhesive structure

• US 20040026426A1
• Filed: 03/05/2003
• Published: 02/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care Usa Division Of Conopco, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care Usa Division Of Conopco, Inc.
• Inventors: Neuhalfen, Mark Gregory, Rutherford, Keith Leslie
• Granted Patent: US 7,025,231 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 220/480
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/122 using squeeze bottles or the like A47K5/1201 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 23/003 Suspension means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2313/08 Double sided adhesive tape, e.g. for suspension of the container B65D2313/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/22 for facilitating lifting or suspending of containers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/28 Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer

Abstract

A container for a consumer product suitable for mounting on a wall, the container comprising: a stretch release adhesive structure located at least partially on the one or more side surfaces; and an outer label substantially covering the stretch release adhesive structure. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the container includes an inner label, in order to provide additional instructions, following removal of the outer label and/or to provide a mechanism by which to effect easy removal of the container from the wall.

Claims

1. A container for a consumer product suitable for both conventional storage and for mounting on a wall, the container comprising:

(a) one or more side surfaces, an end surface and a surface comprising an orifice;

(b) a stretch release adhesive structure located at least partially on the one or more side surfaces;

(c) an outer label substantially covering the stretch release adhesive structure.

2. The container of claim 1 wherein the stretch release adhesive is located completely on the one or more side surfaces and does not have a tab free of the side wall when the outer label is removed.

3. The container of claim 1 further comprising an inner label between the side surface and the stretch release adhesive structure.

4. The container of claim 3 wherein the inner label is perforated.

5. The container of claim 3 wherein the inner label contains printed information.

6. The container of claim 3 wherein the inner label is larger than the stretch release adhesive structure

7. The container of claim 3 wherein both the inner and the outer labels are larger than the stretch release adhesive structure.

8. The container of claim 1 wherein the outer label contains instructions for the use of the container.

9. The container of claim 1 wherein the stretch release adhesive structure comprises an adhesive that is substantially resistant to water and humidity.

10. The container of claim 9 wherein the adhesive is selected from the group consisting of silicone pressure sensitive adhesives.

11. The container of claim 1 comprising a construction or coating that is resistant or substantially resistant to external corrosion.

12. The container of claim 1 in which the stretch release adhesive structure is able to support the container'"'"'s weight under the conditions of a constant water flow for between about 15 and about 10000 minutes.

13. The container of claim 1 in which the stretch release adhesive structure is a laminate.

14. The container of claim 1 wherein a self-sealing valve covers the orifice.

15. The container of claim 14 wherein the self-sealing valve is attached to an exit conduit, through which the contents of the container must pass, and wherein the orientation of said exit conduit is inclined to the said vertical surface.

16. The container of claim 14 in which the self sealing valve is closed by a stationary layer of the product being dispensed from the container in the inverted position.

17. The container of claim 14 in which the self sealing valve comprises a multiplicity of separate openings.

18. The container of claim 1 wherein the outer label is perforated.

19. The container of claim 1 wherein the outer label forms a water-impermeable cavity between its rearmost surface and the side surface of the container.

20. The container of claim 1 wherein the stretch release adhesive structure comprises an adhesive part and a non-adhesive part.

21. The container of claim 20 wherein the non-adhesive part of the stretch release adhesive structure is folded back upon the lined adhesive part, so that the non-adhesive part is released upon the removal of the outer label.

22. The container of claim 20 wherein the non-adhesive part is located mostly on the end surface of the container and the adhesive part is located on the side surface, so that the non-adhesive part is released upon the removal of the outer label.

23. A method of removing the container of claim 4 from a wall the method comprising pulling on the container to cause the tearing of the inner label, effectuating the removal of the container from the wall.

24. A method of removing the container of claim 13 from a wall the method comprising pulling on the container to cause the delamination of the stretch release adhesive, effectuating the removal of the container from the wall

25. A method of removing the container of claim 21 from a wall the method comprising pulling on the non-adhesive tab, effectuating the removal of the container from the wall.