CN1210803A

CN1210803A - Dispensing container

Info

Publication number: CN1210803A
Application number: CN98107848A
Authority: CN
Inventors: S·J·莫哈赖; C·M·肖德尔斯; 小M·R·达拉斯; J·P·卡尔森
Original assignee: Johnson and Johnson Consumer Companies LLC
Current assignee: Johnson and Johnson Consumer Inc
Priority date: 1997-09-09
Filing date: 1998-03-07
Publication date: 1999-03-17
Also published as: JP2000203666A; SE9800728L; GB2328926A; DE19809757A1; KR19990029123A; ID20818A; AU5638298A; FR2768129A1; SE9800728D0; GB9804824D0

Abstract

To provide a container which fits comfortably in both small child's hand and in an adult's hand. This container is provided with an open end part, a closed end part and a main body. The main body has a top part adjoining a front face, a back face, first face, second face, and the open end part, a bottom part adjoining the closed end part, and a center part between the top part and the bottom part. The distribution container is further provided with first recess in the front face of the main body and second recess in the back face of the main body, and both recesses adjoin the closed end part and both faces of the container. The first recess forms first panel on the front face of the container, and the second recess forms second panel on the back face of the container. This container is further provided with a neck for forming the opening of the container, and the neck has a suitable finish for fitting a closure 40.

Description

Dispense container

The technical field that the present invention relates to is a kind of dispense container.Particularly, the present invention relates to a kind of the have suitable adult of improvement shape and the dispense container that children use.

The size of the dispense container of using is fit to adult's use now.Child's hand is little, and therefore, they are difficult to hold and extrude content from using the design-calculated container for being grown up.On the contrary, the adult is difficult to use those to use specially designed dispense container as the child.

The problem that existing container exists in addition is that they extrude content design for the adult, for example, extrudes the needed power of content from container and is directly proportional with becoming staff strength.Children and the old man more weak than the adult do not extrude the required strength of content.Therefore, the people little for those hand strength can use container better, wish container to extrude power less.

In the packing of existing toilet articles, content is often deposited with vertical direction, for example, the closed end of container be located at open end below, be the deposit position that is full of content in the container at this moment.When content is placed with vertical direction, need extrude content from container with inverted orientation usually.Container has certain capacity usually, for example, because content contacts with wall of container, is not easy to extruding of content.Capacity in the container is emphasized that content is deposited with vertical position and is used with opposite direction.What this problem was emphasized in addition is under the situation of the content of depositing thickness such as shampoo, extrudes inconvenience.

Another problem of existing container is that they can landing from hand, especially when hand be when wetting.The content that uses when having a bath for the common child of splendid attire such as the washing container of shampoo and body lotion, this is a special problem.

The purpose of this invention is to provide all dispense container of the comfortable use of energy of a kind of suitable adult and child.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind ofly just can extrude the container of content for the little people of those hand strength only can use the less power of need better.

It is to prevent container landing from user's hand that a further object of the present invention provides a kind of design feature, and especially hand is the container when wetting.

Another purpose of the present invention provide one in the container content capacity when depositing the liquid contents of thickness, can stablize the container of placement at reversed position more after a little while.

A present invention also purpose provides a kind of use to children and adult and has the human engineering effect vessel surface can labelled easily container simultaneously.

According to the present invention, the dispense container of proposition by, comprise, and/or that in fact by an open end closed end and a housing are formed.Housing has the front, the back, and first side and second side, the top and the open end of housing are adjacent, and bottom and closed end are adjacent.Dispense container of the present invention is formed with second groove that is located at the housing back by being located at housing fwd first groove in addition, and the closed end and the side of groove and container are adjacent.First groove defines first concave surface in the front of container and second groove defines second concave surface in the back of container.Container is made up of a neck that forms vessel port in addition, should suitably seal for being fit to seal this neck.

Another design of the present invention relates to a dispense container, it by, comprise, and/or that in fact by an open end closed end and a housing are formed.Housing has the front, the back, and first side and second side, the top and the open end of housing are adjacent, and bottom and closed end are adjacent.Dispense container of the present invention is made up of second groove of housing fwd first groove and housing back in addition, and the closed end and the side of groove and container are adjacent.First groove defines first concave surface in the front of container and second groove defines second concave surface in the back of container.Container is made up of a neck that limits vessel port in addition, should suitably seal for being fit to seal this neck.This container comprises in addition and sealing.

A design more of the present invention relates to a kind of container that is used for dispense liquid.This container is made up of flexible polymeric material, in addition by, comprise, and/or in fact comprise:

A. open end, a closed end and a housing, housing has the front, the back, first side and second side, the top and the open end of housing are adjacent, and the adjacent and middle part of bottom and closed end is between the upper and lower;

B. at housing fwd first groove with at second groove of housing back, the closed end and the side of groove and container are adjacent, and first groove defines first concave surface in the front of container and second groove defines second concave surface in the back of container;

C. the neck of a qualification vessel port should suitably seal for being fit to seal this neck;

D. be used for sealing of dispense liquid; Wherein:

1. the bench section of upper body is actually a circle, and its girth is between 4.7 and 6.0;

2. the length of upper body is at least 0.2 inch;

3. the bench section of central enclosure is actually an ellipse, and its girth is increased to down from upper shell

Housing;

4. the bench section of lower case is actually an ellipse, and its girth seals to it from central enclosure

End reduces gradually;

5. concave surface is big to the direction size of closed end at the open end from container, in first side from container

Face is little to the direction size of second side, is crooked and at big chi at small size direction concave surface

Very little direction is actually a linear.

Container of the present invention has one or more useful features.Not only the design of this container is fit to adult and children's use, and only needs less power just can extrude content from container.This container prevents landing from user's hand in addition in addition, and the less and vessel surface of content capacity can make things convenient for the design of adhesive label in the container.

To more fully be understood and be shown its further improvement according to accompanying drawing by following detailed description the present invention.

Figure 1A is the front elevation of container optimum structure of the present invention.

Figure 1B is the lateral plan of Figure 1A container.

Fig. 1 C is that Figure 1A container shows the front elevation of hatching A-A to F-F.

Fig. 2 A is respectively that Fig. 1 C container is at the drawing in side sectional elevation of hatching A-A to the F-F place to Fig. 2 F.

Fig. 3 A is the front elevation that the present invention has the gripper equipment container to Fig. 3 B.

Fig. 4 is another embodiment of Figure 1A container.

Fig. 5 A, Fig. 5 B and Fig. 5 C be respectively Figure 1A container be fit to that dispense liquid seals face side-looking and back view.

Fig. 6 A is the front elevation that another suitable liquid of Figure 1A container seals.

Fig. 6 B is the front elevation of Fig. 6 A container when reversed position.

Fig. 7 is Figure 1A container has the atomizing pump device on sealing a front elevation.

Fig. 8 is the front elevation that the present invention is used for the neck finish portion capacitance divider of dispense powders shape content.

Fig. 9 is the container that closes the lid among Fig. 8.

Figure 10 A is the top view of neck finish portion capacitance divider among Fig. 8.

Figure 10 B and Figure 10 C are respectively that container closure is opening and closing the schematic top view of position in the displayed map 9.

Figure 11 is a chart of extruding liquid volume (ml) and required strength (lbs) from the sealing of container of the present invention.

Figure 12 A and Figure 12 B are respectively facing and lateral plan of children's toilet articles commercial packing.

Figure 13 is the lateral plan that container of the present invention does not contact with the concave surface of container by the Support Position support of container groove when being placed upside down.

Figure 14 is a site plan of holding container of the present invention when extruding content from container.

Figure 15 A is the present invention has the container of container closure and lid at open end another embodiment.

Figure 15 B is the diagram of Figure 15 A container when lid is closed.

Figure 16 A and Figure 16 B are respectively the sectional elevations at open position and off position of covering of Figure 15 A and Figure 15 B container closure.

The meaning of used here phrase " vertical direction " be the closed end of container below the open end of container, be the placement location that is full of content in the container at this moment.On the contrary, the meaning of phrase " inverted orientation " is that the closed end of container is on the open end of container.Similarly, the meaning of phrase " inclination direction " is that the direction of container is between vertical and inverted orientation.The description of this direction is only used for the description of convenient container direction and does not comprise the direction of container when depositing and extrude content.Below can be at various embodiment vertical or that inverted orientation is used with the container of describing of the present invention.

Figure 1A, label shown in 1B and the 1C 6 is for forming the container of the basic vertical direction of the present invention.Container 6 comprises an open end 1 and a closed end 2.The closed end 2 of container 6 preferably has a surface 21 state of being kept upright when allowing container 6 to be placed on the plane with vertical direction.The open end 1 of container 6 comprises a neck 3 that limits opening 20 in container.This neck comprise one with the eck part 4 that (not shown) cooperates of sealing of container.Eck shown in Figure 1A and the 1B partly is the screw thread eck, but any other known eck mode all can be used in the container of the present invention.Give an example in passing, other eck that is fit to comprises, is pressed into the cooperation eck, the snap-on eck, pressing is also rotated eck, or the screw thread eck, but be not limited only to these ecks, for example John Wiley and Sons were in the disclosed eck type of Wiley Packaging Engineering cyc in the New York publication in 1986.

The open end 1 of container 6 comprises a shoulder 5 that connects container neck 3 and housing 22 in addition.The housing 22 of container comprises the upper body 7 that adjacent its bench section with open end is preferably circular.The upper body 7 of container 6 preferably has a girth, and when the directional survey vertical with the longitudinal axis 23 of container 6, the scope that this girth allows is from 4.7 to 6.0 inches, better is from 5.0 to 5.7 inches, preferably from 5.2 to 5.7 inches.Upper body 7 preferably has constant girth, and is 0.2 inch at least along the length under the Y of container 6.

Shown in Figure 1A, upper body 7 change into be positioned at the following of upper body 7 and along the direction of the longitudinal axis 23 the most near the central enclosure 8 of upper body 7.When upper body 7 changes central enclosure 8 into, the girth of container 6 becomes big gradually and begins to present an ellipse or the bench section is ellipse.The longitudinal axis along container 6 continues downwards, and the girth of container 6 continues to strengthen up to the position of maximum perimeter 9, and preferably the girth of container 6 diminishes gradually then.The position of maximum perimeter is container changes the lower case 10 adjacent with container 6 closed ends into from central enclosure 8 a sign.

When upper body 7, the longitudinal length of central enclosure 8 and lower case 10 can be with container 6 required purposes regularly, the length ratio of central enclosure and upper body is preferably in 1.2: 1 to 6: 1 the scope and is more preferably in 1.75: 1 to 5: 1 scope.The ratio of lower case and upper body is preferably in 1: 1 to 3: 1 scope and be more preferably in 1.2: 1 to 2.5: 1 scope.

Container 6 is described to Fig. 2 F by Fig. 2 A along the variation of longitudinal extent cross section shape and girth.Each figure in these figures has been described container 6 cross section shape roughly respectively along hatching A-A to F-F shown in Fig. 1 C.We are unexpected find container upper body girth along the variation of y direction with cosily hold with the improved child of being used for of human engineering and to be used for the container of children and adult's use identical.

Shown in Figure 1A and 1B, the housing 22 of container 6 is by front 11, and 12, the first sides 13, back and second side 14 are formed.The front 11 of container comprises that the back 12 of first groove 15 and container comprises second groove 16.Closed end 2, the first sides 13 of groove and container 6 are adjacent with second side 14.First groove 15 and second groove 16 define first concave surface 17 and second concave surface 18 respectively in the front and back of container.Each groove has a degree of depth 19, shown in Figure 1B.For example the degree of depth of groove 15 is distances from the extended line 21 of the closed end 2 of container 6 to container concave surface 17 on the direction of vertical axes.As shown in figure 13, when container during in inverted orientation, the degree of depth of groove enough allow container 6 by be positioned at container 6 fronts 11 on groove 15 tangent first support 71 and be positioned at container 6 back 12 on tangent second the supporting 72 and hold of groove 16.In fact this support does not contact with the concave surface of container.But because this container splendid attire and body lotion and the shampoo of distribution toilet cleaning articles for use as being used for shower or bathing pool, especially when container be when wetting, no matter we are surprised to find when the direction of putting upside down still is bevelled steering handle held container, and the degree of depth of these grooves in fact has skidproof effect.

The degree of depth of groove can be any desirable size and can decide according to the content of desirable occupation mode of container and splendid attire.The degree of depth of groove can be located on the diverse location of container and be more preferably its darkest part and be located near the closed end place of container and along shoaling gradually to the direction of open end 2 near first side 13 and second side 14.Preferably the degree of depth of groove, is more preferably at 2.5mm in the scope of 2.9mm in the scope of 3.4mm at 2.0mm.Therefore this depth ratio better makes container have nonslip properties, is appreciated that because of can be made into other depth of groove that is fit to especially to fall within the scope of the invention equally fully.

In most preferred embodiment, groove limits the concave surface of U-shaped housing like this away from open end.Near open end 1, there is not groove, allow container user's hand on the length of whole first and second concave surfaces of container open end 1, freely to slide, the size that is directly proportional with the size of user's hand with the girth that finds container in the bottom that has covered near container closure end 2 concave surfaces.

The size of the container of the present invention that calculates in ergonomic mode and architectural feature can allow adult and children easily to catch and hold container of the present invention above.These sizes of certainty and the feature of the existing relatively container of container are believed the hobby that the user can be described according to the present invention.

Shown in Figure 1A and 1B, concave surface 17 and 18 is recessed with respect to the

side

13,14 of container and closed end 2.Although the size of concave surface, shape and profile can be decided with the operating needs of container, and preferably first concave surface 17 has identical size, shape and profile with second concave surface 18.Concave surface for example has bigger size in the direction parallel with the longitudinal axis 23 of container on from the open end 1 of container to the direction of closed end 2, and for example the direction in vertical axes 23 has less size on from first side of container to the direction of second side.The length of concave surface is by a bit forming to the summit 29 of container upper case portion 7 as point 30 from the most close container bottom 24 grooves 15.

Concave surface 17,18 have the surface 27 and 28 it can be that the plane also can be a curved surface.If concave surface is a curved surface, the curvature variation is preferably only arranged on a dimension and on another dimension, be actually rectilinear.For example, the container of the present invention of concave surface that Figure 1A and 1B are shown with 17,18 on its reduced size crooked and actual on its large-size be straight.Better, concave surface is actually straight line in the direction of its large-size, and the distance of this straight line based on the concave surface longitudinal length, is 50% of its longitudinal length at least, even is more preferably at least 65% of its longitudinal length.We find that the profile of concave surface is particularly suitable for allowing label or ornament are attached on the container by the label that printing or stickup are coated with full adhesives at the container concave part.Under the situation of printing, it stably contacts with print roller not have crooked permission on two dimensions in the whole concave part.Equally, under the situation of adhesive label, on two dimensions, there is not bending to allow not have gauffer ground to paste sticking label in the whole concave part.

Fig. 3 A and 3B are depicted as another embodiment of container of the present invention, and for the device that provides to increase user's Ring put around finger for massage of cavity of human body around the container grip, this container has any transverse projections 25 or recessed 26 in its side.In other words, container of the present invention can comprise projection and recessed unitized construction.It shown in Fig. 3 A and 3B horizontal projection and circular recessed, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that container of the present invention can have projection, recessed, increase device such as the rubber or the polymeric material model of grip with other or depend on arbitrary shape on the container, the device of size and quantity is to increase the user the strength of held container.

Another embodiment of Figure 1A shown in Figure 4 and 1B container, the volume of Fig. 4 container are half of Figure 1A and 1B vessel volume.

Among the embodiment more of the present invention, container of the present invention is equipped with one to seal 39 with splendid attire and the content of extruding in the container.It will be understood by those skilled in the art in the type of sealing that is suitable among the present invention using can be with various factors, content-filled as institute in the container, wishes that the form of contact content and the comfort level that provides for the user decide.

Known any sealing all can be used in the container of the present invention.Include but are not limited to the disclosed mode of Wiley Packaging Engineering cyc that John Wiley and Sons published in New York in 1986.

Under container is used to deposit situation with dispense liquid, seal the convenient cap that the simplest form is an integrative-structure, be dispense contents therefrom, this lid must be taken off from container; But preferably using is that therefrom dispense contents need not to take off from container sealing of lid.

For example as Fig. 5 A, assembled shown in 5B and the 5C and be used to extrude liquid contents and seal 39 container 6, its container shown in Figure 1A and 1B has assembled sealing of common hinge.Sealing that other is fit to comprises that those known minimizings comprise that load is not limited only to: 1) those comprise that a lid and its lid of housing are fully from sealing sealing that housing moves around; 2) those have Gai Bingyu to seal sealing of housing sliding block joint; 3) those not lid as push-and-pull shapes and push and spray sealing of shape, as John Wiley and Sons in disclosed the sealing of Wiley Packaging Engineering cyc in the New York publication in 1986.

Sealing 39 forms by housing parts 31 with by hinge 33 and housing bonded assembly upper cover part 32.Housing 31 comprises the aperture (not shown) that can extrude content by it.Loam cake 32 is provided with its size of cylinder in its lower surface (not shown) and is fit to it and can inserts tightly in the aperture of housing 31.When loam cake 32 during at off position, cylinder contacts with closed container and prevents that the content of container from flowing out with housing 31.Open in order to make to seal easily, housing 31 can be provided with a groove 34 arbitrarily and make finger be placed on the following of loam cakes 35 in the groove 34 and apply a power below loam cake.

Seal 39 the relative top 37 of a substrate 36 adjacent with the upper body of container and and substrate 36 is arranged.Sealing 39 has an identical circular perimeter and equals the girth of container upper body from its substrate 36 to its top 37.

Another new effect of Fig. 5 A-5C container of the present invention is to seal 39 top surfaces 38 that preferably have a permission container to place in inverted orientation.When the content of container more after a little while, place container in inverted orientation and make content in the container accumulate in the outlet of container place rather than at its closed end, therefore can extrude the entire contents in the container and can eliminate the capacity problem of many thickness contents.Preferably the closed end of container all has a permission container with the top of sealing no matter on surface vertical or that inverted orientation is placed.

Vertical and the inverted orientation of the another embodiment of container of the present invention shown in Fig. 6 A and 6B difference.Seal 40 a substrate 41 adjacent with the container upper body is arranged.Substrate 41 is actually circular and equals the girth of container upper body 7.Sealing 40, to be girths of promptly sealing of a taper shape 42 increase to the top gradually from its substrate 41.The tapering of circular cone can be decided with desirable occupation mode of container and desirable aesthetic.Seal 40 top surfaces 43 that have a permission container to place in inverted orientation.The big container like this of the top perimeter that taper shape seals can increase its stability when inverted orientation is placed.

In another most preferred embodiment, being used for sealing of container of the present invention can be made up of a valve shown in Figure 15 A.The valve that is fit to that is used for container of the present invention include but not limited to those and is disclosed in U.S. Patent application 5,439,143; Invention in 4,749,108 and 4,846,810.As reference they are all combined.Valve is typically designed to pressure when opening greater than certain critical pressure like this, therefore allows content to extrude from container, closes under pressure subcritical pressure and seals.When the minimum value of valve threshold pressure shows MDP by content in container, when for example container is filled, need valve to keep the requirement of splendid attire content in the container to determine.On the other hand, the discharge pressure of container contents is decided with the density of content and the shape of container.In fact, change, do not wish that actual minimum critical pressure ratio discharge pressure is higher a little owing to pick up the phenomenon generation that container flows out content in order to regulate slight pressure.The needs that the maxim of critical pressure is wanted to open valve by user's squeeze receptacle are determined.In container of the present invention, valve not only can be grown up but also can be opened by children and/or the weak relatively old man of hand strength.

Owing to made by elastomeric material with container, the power of extruding that external container uses is given pressure greater than critical pressure of internal tank, therefore allows content to discharge from container.Reduce the power of extruding reduces internal tank under critical pressure pressure discontinuously or fully, but therefore the limiting content thing is discharged from container.This effect is especially extremely important for those containers through the inverted orientation use of being everlasting.

In the container of the present invention shown in Figure 15 A and Figure 15 B, seal 85 and comprise 84 and valves 80 of a lid.Lid 84 is hinged by hinge 83 and extension component 86.Lid be provided with below 84 one with seal 85 and protrude aperture rings 81 bonded assembly backing blocks 82.When container when using and prepare to extrude the position of content, lid is 84 at the retracted position shown in Figure 15 A.When container is being placed and during transportation, lid 84 is at the off position shown in Figure 15 B.When at off position, be connected with the aperture ring 81 that protrudes at the backing block 82 of lid below 84, so prevent that the valve 80 that inserts from becoming flexible and content is flowed out from container.Seal the girth of the as many as container upper body of girth of the bottom 88 of 85 adjacent vessel upper body.It is conical sealing 85, at the girth at 87 places, its top than 88 Zhou Changda bottom it.The big girth that seals 85 tops has increased the stability of container when inverted orientation is deposited.

Valve can merge to by known mode and seal, and includes but are not limited to keep valve mechanically in sealing, and for example, keeps used in the face of sealing the ring-type handgrip of housing.As sealing of 5,377, No. 877 patent disclosures of the U.S., combine the whole of it as reference here.In other words, valve can be made one with sealing, for example by sealing and valve that porous or common injection molding different materials are formed.The method of common injection molding is disclosed on the modern plastics encyclopedia book of 5,523, No. 045 patent of the U.S. and New York 1990 publication of McGraw-Hill work, combines the whole of it as reference here.

Shown in Fig. 6 B at the container of Fig. 6 of inverted orientation A.Notice that container has shown mirable shape on inverted orientation.The size of design containers makes children and the central enclosure 8 or the lower case 10 of being grown up and can cosily holding container simultaneously so that the child can make things convenient for and cosily hold container upper body 7 like this.The optimum dimension of container 6 and shape are to allow staff size calculation of mean value proportionately can hold the widest part 9 of container, and palm holds the rear portion of container, thumb and other finger can with the contacts side surfaces of container and front that at least can the part contacting container.

In another embodiment, container of the present invention can comprise the sealing of form discharged liquid with atomizing and spraying.For example the atomising installation of container of the present invention as shown in Figure 7, wherein the container of Figure 1A and 1B has assembled one and has the common of atomizing pump and seal 50.Seal one can be connected with container easily and at least partially in the cylinder place the cylinder 51 of held container.Content in the container sprays from aperture 53 by the stick harness 52 of Pressing pump.

Other known atomising device also can be used in the container of the present invention, include but are not limited to, the squash type atomizing cone makes its unlatching by squeeze receptacle, or the antomobile sprayer bulb, be disclosed in John Wiley and Sons in 1986 in the Wiley Packaging Engineering cyc that publish in New York.

In another embodiment, the content of content such as liquid surface activator by suitably add air in liquid, can spumescence be extruded when extruding from container.For example the U.S. 5,271,530, the U.S. 5,570,819, and the U.S. 4,022,351, the U.S. 5,037,006, the U.S. 5,364,031 and the U.S. 5,462, No. 208 patent applications foam jet and the pump described, here as with reference to all combining these patents.By can from the container that comprises nozzle and pump, spraying foam by pressure vessel or primer pump.

Another embodiment such as Fig. 8,9,10A shown in 10B and the 10C, has described and has been used for the container that dispense solid powder such as french talc have the eck part.The neck finish portion branch of container comprises with container does not have capacity place bonded assembly drain tank 61 and a plane surface 62.Sealing 63 is connected with eck part 60 in the assurance mode that is fit to.In eck part 60, seal 63 and comprise that one or more holes 64 its patterns are preferably consistent with the pattern of passage 61.Partly be connected when contact when sealing, seal and freely to rotate at least and can partly rotate with eck.In the position of opening, shown in Figure 10 B, seal and can allow powder to discharge from container, seal 63 hole 64 this moment and just in time aim at the passage 61 of eck part 60.Similarly, seal at off position shown in Figure 10 C, seal herein and rotated 30 degree from the position of its Figure 10 B.

Container of the present invention can be by forming desired shape and any material that do not chemically react with content is formed.Best material is to comprise any elastic polymeric material that is generally used for making container, includes but are not limited to polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride-based resin, polyethylene terephthalate, or their copolymer or compound.Here used " copolymer " meaning is that arbitrary poly-mer has two or more monomer components.

In the various polyethylene kinds, comprise low density polyethylene (LDPE), medium density polyethylene, high density polyethylene (HDPE) or copolymer or compound or they usually with the washing content compound that adapts, and be the optimal material of container of the present invention.Low density polyethylene (LDPE) is used to produce the bottle of relatively easy extruding, and high-density polyethylene bottle is harder relatively simultaneously.Extrude under the situation of liquid contents at common squeeze receptacle, preferably low density polyethylene (LDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) mix with 50: 50 ratio.Under the situation of splendid attire powder, desirable extrusion way is to shake container, and the most handy high density polyethylene (HDPE) is produced harder container.

The thickness of outer wall, concave surface for example, the first side wall, second sidewall or the like can be desirable any thickness.Many containers are decided according to the content of desirable purposes of container and splendid attire.The thickness of wall is preferably in 10mils in the 50mils scope, is preferably in 30mils in the 40mils scope.Such thickness is preferably made elastic container, is appreciated that can make other wall thickness that is fit to special requirement also also falls within the scope of the invention.

Container of the present invention can be made by arbitrary existing processes, and the technology of being produced include but not limited to the extrusion blow moulding, the injection molding blow molding, stretch blow-molded or the like.These technological processes be disclosed in detail John Wiley and Sons in 1986 in the Wiley Packaging Engineering cyc that publish in New York.According to the technology blow molding is selected technological process.

Noticeable feature of container of the present invention is that it both had been fit to the holds that the adult also is fit to the child.Another noticeable feature is that container of the present invention just can be extruded content with little hand strength, therefore is fit to the little adult of child and hand strength and uses.A noticeable feature is that container of the present invention has the effect that prevents container landing from hand again, especially when hand is to wet.The another noticeable feature of container of the present invention is that it has and can be used for preparing printing or the surface of adhesive label.

Here the present invention has been carried out suitably illustrative openly, lacked here not disclosed especially any element, ultimate composition, or the present invention can put into practice under the situation of step.Below several examples are methods of in addition explanation attribute of the present invention and realization.But the present invention is not limited only to these detailed descriptions.

Used test method in the example

1) extrudes the experiment of power: extrude the required power of content or " extruding power " from container with producing

Single power experimental tool (to import and export parallel form) survey by the imaging technique of power

Amount, by thin (0.003mm), flexible bar shaped sensor is installed in having on the test article

On the various surfaces less or not effect, and with software (same sensing system version

5) be connected with Personal Computer to obtain data with hardware and sensor.

Have the bar shaped sensor of suitable field of load (by at 0-1lbs) to be installed on the concave surface of container sample, the installation site person's of being to use thumb of its sensor when extruding content from container usually and the container position contacting as shown in figure 14.Usually contact with concave surface at the closed end 2 of the close container in 70% to 80% place of container concave surface length for the size thumb that becomes staff.Software is provided with program user with the time gap record data of 1.25-1.75 second and holds its thumb of container and be pressed on the surface of container, and other is pointed on another relative surface of container.Thumb is by on sensor, and it is extruded being directed downwards of aperture and is positioned at PE600 Metler electronic equilibrium model upper end to hold container with vertical direction.The valve of opening container with enough power is manually extruded content and is extruded the content (3-6g) of fixed mass then.Opening valve exports from computer program with the required maximum, force of content of extruding same quality.Tabulate by hand by the operator according to the numerical value of extruding the required power of content weight.

After balancing device makes zero, repeat said procedure all the elements thing in extruding container.Tabulate for the function of extruding the content capacity from container to open the required masterpiece of valve by the data that the operator collects.

Example 1: measure the power of extruding

Extrude the required power of content from container of the present invention, as shown in table 1 below except that the various commercial containers that use, it measures consistent with the above-mentioned power of extruding test.Each container has assembled suitable Mukwonagoo in the table 1, and the silicone that comprises of the Seaquist valve of Wisconsin distributes sealing of valve.

The type of table 1 container

Sequence number	Content	The capacity of container (ml)	The content source
Sequence number	Content	The capacity of container (ml)	The content source	1	Handle 2000 body lotions	354	Brother company's handle
2	Petroleum ointment strengthens preserving moisture the health cleansing fluid	177	The box-like reservoir	1	Handle 2000 body lotions	354	Brother company's handle
2		177	The box-like reservoir	3	Baby's magic baby's body lotion of preserving moisture	200	?Mennen
4	The soft antibiotic body lotion of soft soap	354	?Colgate- Palmolive	3	Baby's magic baby's body lotion of preserving moisture	200	?Mennen
4	The soft antibiotic body lotion of soft soap	354	?Colgate- Palmolive	5	Container of the present invention as shown in Figure 4	100
6	As Fig. 1 and Fig. 6 A, container of the present invention shown in the 6B	200		5	Container of the present invention as shown in Figure 4	100

For eliminating the inconsistency that causes owing to the content of extruding different viscosities, water replaces all packings to buy the content of container.These force measurements result as shown in figure 11.

Obvious container of the present invention is extruded power that content needs the container of other test is minimum relatively from Figure 11.Therefore, container of the present invention is that the little people of those hand-powers such as child and old man extrude the easiest container of content.

The user investigates test

User in the investigation man guides it to use Fig. 5 A, the container of the present invention shown in 5B and the 5C.Commercial comparison of washing one's hands and face the normally used existing container of container as children shown in inquiry user's container of the present invention and Figure 12 A and the 12B.Container is assessed by mother of 100 families and 6 to 10 years old children.The inquiry participant evaluates easy assurance degree to container, is the container opinion rating below.

1. being easy to children holds

2. children hold easily

3. both be not easy also not difficult

4. children hold difficulty

5. children hold very difficulty

The result of a measurement of " certainty " is as shown in table 2 below

	The percentum of finding that container is easy to hold and holding easily
				Existing container (Figure 12 A and Figure 12 B)	Container of the present invention (Fig. 5 A, 5B, 5C)
Mother	????84	????94		Existing container (Figure 12 A and Figure 12 B)	Container of the present invention (Fig. 5 A, 5B, 5C)
Mother	????84	????94	Children	????82	????93

The certainty of table 2 container finds that as the data representation mother and the children of table 2 container of the present invention is than the very easy assurance of the existing container shown in Figure 12 A and the 12B.The size of the container of the present invention that calculates in ergonomic mode and architectural feature can allow adult and children easily to catch and hold container of the present invention above.These sizes of certainty and the feature of the existing relatively container of container are believed the hobby that the user can be described according to the present invention.The uniqueness of container of the present invention

The inquiry children are to the comparison of existing Vessel Design uniqueness shown in container of the present invention and Figure 12 A and the 12B.Be evaluation below to container investigation exercise question:

1. very new and unusual

2. very new and unusual

3. a bit new and unusual

4. seldom new and unusual

5. not new and unusual

The result of investigation " uniqueness " is as follows

Table 3.The uniqueness of container

	Find that container of the present invention is very new and unusual or very new and distinguished percentum
			Existing container (Figure 12 A and 12B)	Container of the present invention (Fig. 5 A, 5B, 5C)
Children	????39	????55	Existing container (Figure 12 A and 12B)	Container of the present invention (Fig. 5 A, 5B, 5C)

Like this, children finds that container of the present invention has uniqueness than existing container.

In the foregoing description, shown the improvement that the present invention is done under the situation that does not break away from design disclosed herein.Such improvement is also contained in the following claim, unless these claims have obviously enlarged its protection domain.

Claims

1. dispense container comprises:

A. open end, a closed end and a housing, housing has the front, the back, first side and second side, housing top and open end are adjacent, the adjacent and middle part between the upper and lower of bottom and closed end;

C. the neck of a qualification vessel port has corresponding eck for being fit to seal this neck.

2. according to the described container of claim 1, it is characterized in that described container is made up of elastic polymeric material.

3. according to the described container of claim 2, it is characterized in that described elastic polymeric material comprises low density polyethylene (LDPE), medium density polyethylene, high density polyethylene (HDPE) or its compound are formed.

4. according to the described container of claim 1, it is characterized in that the bench section of described upper body is actually circular and its girth between about 4.7 to about 6.0 inches.

5. according to the described container of claim 1, it is characterized in that the bench section of described upper body is actually circular and its girth between about 5.0 to about 5.7 inches.

6. according to the described container of claim 1, it is characterized in that the bench section of described upper body is actually circular and its girth between about 5.2 to about 5.5 inches.

7. according to the described container of claim 4, it is characterized in that the length of described upper body is about 0.2 inch at least.

8. according to the described container of claim 1, it is characterized in that the bench section of described central enclosure is actually oval and strengthens gradually to the lower case girth from described upper body.

9. according to the described container of claim 1, it is characterized in that described lower case bench section is actually oval and reduces gradually to described closed end girth from described central enclosure.

10. according to the described container of claim 1, it is characterized in that described closed end has a surface that allows container to keep vertical direction to place.

11. according to the described container of claim 1, it is characterized in that, described groove has an enough degree of depth to support by first and second supported and suspended at reversed position to allow container, therefore described first supports the front groove and described second that is located at described container and supports and be located in the groove of described container back and first support and second support does not contact with the concave surface of described container.

12. according to the described container of claim 1, it is characterized in that, described concave surface is bigger to the direction size of closed end at the open end from container, less in first side to the direction size of second side from container, be crooked and be actually a linear at small size direction concave surface in the large scale direction.

13., it is characterized in that the selectable form of sealing is that screw thread seals according to the described container of claim 1, pressing sealing, snap-on is sealed, and pressing rotary seal or directed screw thread seal.

14. according to the described container of claim 1, it is characterized in that, when inverted orientation is placed, be the shape of an exclamation mark.

15 according to the described container of claim 1, it is characterized in that, is made up of handgrip mechanism in addition.

16. a dispense container comprises:

D. one is sealed.

17., it is characterized in that described container is made up of elastic polymeric material according to the described container of claim 16.

18. according to the described container of claim 17, it is characterized in that elastic polymeric material comprises low density polyethylene (LDPE), medium density polyethylene, high density polyethylene (HDPE) or its compound are formed.

19., it is characterized in that the bench section of upper body is actually circular and its girth between about 4.7 to about 6.0 inches according to the described container of claim 16.

20., it is characterized in that the bench section of upper body is actually circular and its girth between about 5.0 to about 5.7 inches according to the described container of claim 16.

21., it is characterized in that the bench section of upper body is actually circular and its girth between about 5.2 to about 5.5 inches according to the described container of claim 16.

22., it is characterized in that the length of described upper body is 0.2 inch at least according to the described container of claim 19.

23., it is characterized in that the bench section of described central enclosure is actually oval and strengthens gradually to the lower case girth from described upper body according to the described container of claim 16.

24., it is characterized in that described lower case bench section is actually oval and reduces gradually to the closed end girth from described central enclosure according to the described container of claim 16.

25., it is characterized in that described closed end has a surface that allows container to keep vertical direction to place according to the described container of claim 16.

26. according to the described container of claim 16, it is characterized in that, described groove has an enough degree of depth to support by first and second supported and suspended at reversed position to allow container, therefore described first supports the front groove and described second that is located at described container and supports and be located in the groove of described container back and first support and second support does not contact with the concave surface of described container.

27. according to the described container of claim 16, it is characterized in that, described concave surface is bigger to the direction size of closed end at the open end from container, less in first side to the direction size of second side from container, be crooked and be actually a linear at small size direction concave surface in the large scale direction.

28., it is characterized in that the selectable form of sealing is that screw thread seals according to the described container of claim 16, pressing sealing, snap-on is sealed, and pressing rotary seal or directed screw thread seal.

29., it is characterized in that forming by handgrip mechanism in addition according to the described container of claim 16.

30., it is characterized in that described container is used for dispense liquid according to the described container of claim 16.

31., it is characterized in that described container is used for dispense solid according to the described container of claim 16.

32., it is characterized in that described container is used for the Sprayable dispense liquid according to the described container of claim 16.

33. according to the described container of claim 30, it is characterized in that, described sealing comprises a housing parts and a upper cover part, and the described housing parts that seals has an aperture that is used for dispense liquid, and the described described upper cover part that seals has a sealing arrangement that is used to seal described aperture.

34., it is characterized in that described described loam cake that seals and the described described housing parts that seals are connected through the hinge according to the described container of claim 33.

35., it is characterized in that described sealing comprises that a valve, described valve have a critical pressure subcritical pressure fluid not flow out according to the described container of claim 30 from described container.

36. according to the described container of claim 30, it is characterized in that, describedly seal a surface that when inverted orientation is placed, allows container to be kept upright when container.

37. according to the described container of claim 30, it is characterized in that, described closed end and described seal one no matter be vertical direction or when inverted orientation is placed the permission container surface of being kept upright.

38., it is characterized in that the described circumference that sealed, the girth of the as many as described container upper body of the described girth that seals according to the described container of claim 30.

39. according to the described container of claim 30, it is characterized in that a described substrate and top of having sealed, the described upper body of described described substrate of sealing and described container is adjacent, in described described substrate of sealing a circumference is arranged, the girth of the described upper body of the as many as described container of its girth, the described girth that seals increases to the top of sealing gradually from the substrate of sealing.

40. according to the described container of claim 16, it is characterized in that, when inverted orientation is placed, be the shape of an exclamation mark.

41., it is characterized in that described container is used for the spumescence dispense liquid according to the described container of claim 16.

42., it is characterized in that described sealing comprises a monoplunger pump composition according to the described container of claim 32.

43. a container that is used for dispense liquid, described container is made up of elastic polymeric material, and described container comprises in addition:

A. open end, a closed end and a housing, housing has the front, the back, first side and second side, the top and the open end of housing are adjacent, the adjacent and middle part between the upper and lower of bottom and closed end;

C. the neck of a qualification vessel port has corresponding eck for being fit to seal this neck;

D. be used for sealing of dispense liquid; Wherein:

1. the bench section of upper case portion is actually a circle, and its girth is between about 4.7 and about 6.0;

2. the length of upper case portion is at least about 0.2 inch;

3. the bench section at housing middle part is actually an ellipse, and its girth is increased to lower house from upper shell;

4. the bench section of lower house part is actually an ellipse, and its girth reduces to its closed end gradually from the middle part of housing;

5. concave surface is bigger to the direction size of closed end at the open end from container, and is little to the direction size of second side in first side from container, is crooked and be a linear substantially in the large scale direction at small size direction concave surface.