Soap box for a soap dispenser

• US 5,598,952 A
• Filed: 11/17/1995
• Issued: 02/04/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daansen USA, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Warren S. Daansen
• Inventors: Daansen, Warren S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaver, Kevin P.
• Application Number:
  US08/560,377
• Time in Patent Office: 445 Days
• Field of Search: 222/105, 222/181.3, 222/183, 222/207, 222/214, 222/325
• US Class Current: 222/105
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/12 for liquid or pasty soap

Abstract

A box-in-a-bag liquid soap container system for use in a soap dispenser where the container cavity has hinge point structure and sidewall strakes that interfere with the use of the full volume of the container cavity. The invention consists of a box sized to fit the full dimensions of the container cavity, with a collapsible plastic bag of liquid soap inside, where the lower front corners of the box are perforated and removable so as to provide clearance for the intruding hinge point structure, and strips of the sidewalls and back wall of the box are perforated and removable to provide clearance for the sidewall strakes. The box, with the perforations torn out fits the full size of the container cavity, and the bag conforms to the intruding hinge point structure and sidewall strakes, thus significantly increasing the liquid capacity over prior art containers sized to fit between the strakes.

Claims

1. A box-in-a-bag liquid soap container for use in a soap dispenser having a container cavity with intruding left and right sidewall strakes and intruding hinge point structure at the lower front corners, comprising a box sized to fit the full dimensions of said container cavity, said box having a collapsible plastic bag therein, said lower front corners of said box being removable so as to provide clearance for said hinge point structure, portions of the sidewalls and back wall of said box being removable so as to provide clearance for said left and right sidewall strakes, and said bag being readily conformable to the presence of said hinge point structure and said strakes.

2. A box-in-a-bag liquid soap container for use in a soap dispenser having a container cavity with intruding left and right sidewall strakes and intruding hinge point structure at the lower front corners, comprising a paperboard box sized to fit the full dimensions of said container cavity, said box having a collapsible plastic bag therein with a pump tube depending therefrom, said lower front corners of said box being removable by means of tearable perforations so as to provide clearance for said hinge point structure, portions of the sidewalls and back wall of said box being removable by means of tearable perforations so as to provide clearance for said left and right sidewall strakes, and said bag being readily conformable to the presence of said hinge point structure and said strakes when said container is inserted into said dispenser and enclosed therein.

3. The container of claim 2, said box and said bag sized to hold 1200 milliliters of liquid soap.