Container for consumer products with concealed stretch release adhesive structure

• US 7,025,231 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2003
• Issued: 04/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA (Unilever PLC)
• Original Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA (Unilever PLC)
• Inventors: Rutherford, Keith Leslie, Neuhalfen, Mark Gregory
• Primary Examiner(s): Mar, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cartagena, Melvin A.
• Application Number:
  US10/379,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20040026426A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: 2221811-1813, 222/490, 222/491, 222/212, 248/205.3
• US Class Current: 222/181.3
• 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, the outer label being removable for permitting the adhesive structure to be secured to the wall; and

(d) an inner label between the side surface and the stretch release adhesive structure, wherein the inner label is perforated to define separate portions which are adhered to the at least one container surface and the adhesive structure respectively, the perforations permitting separation of the separate portions upon removal of the container from the wall.

2. The container of claim 1 wherein the inner label contains printed information.

3. The container of claim 1 wherein the inner label is larger than the stretch release adhesive structure.

4. The container of claim 1 wherein both the inner and the outer labels are larger than the stretch release adhesive structure.

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

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

7. The container of claim 6 wherein the adhesive is selected from the group consisting of silicone pressure sensitive adhesives.

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. The container of claim 11 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.

13. The container of claim 11 in which the self sealing valve is closed by a stationary layer of the product being dispensed from the container in the inverted position.

14. The container of claim 11 in which the self sealing valve comprises a multiplicity of separate openings.

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

16. A method of removing the container of claim 1 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.