US20070221676A1 - Discardable hygienic device - Google Patents

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US20070221676A1
US20070221676A1 US11/385,798 US38579806A US2007221676A1 US 20070221676 A1 US20070221676 A1 US 20070221676A1 US 38579806 A US38579806 A US 38579806A US 2007221676 A1 US2007221676 A1 US 2007221676A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
    • B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
    • B65D17/4012—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening partially by means of a tearing tab
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/001—Action for opening container
    • B65D2517/0014—Action for opening container pivot tab and push-down tear panel
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0047—Provided with additional elements other than for closing the opening
    • B65D2517/0049—Straws, spouts, funnels, or other devices facilitating pouring or emptying

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  • the present Invention relates to a labial mouthpiece discardable hygienic device that was developed to be applied together with aluminum cans opening pourer; the kind that contains ready-to-drink beverages.
  • Such device comprises a small plastic panel, preferably in a half-moon shape and that presents one of the surfaces provided of fast fitting means on the cans' opening pourer, being a labial mouthpiece for pouring the liquid inside the can and ensuring that a user does touch his/her lips on the cover, or even the liquid that leaves the can also does not touch the external wall.
  • thermoplastic seals are presented as a ring that involves the reentrance part of the cover and body of the can, besides small top and bottom part of the body.
  • Such ring although representing the concern of protecting the opening, is inconvenient due to the fact of not adhering to metal thereby allowing creation of tiny spaces wherein occurs dirtiness accumulation, thus, helping the proliferation of fungus and bacteria therein.
  • a discardable hygienic device In order to present a discardable hygienic device with characteristics different from the ones presented in the state of art so far of undermost cost, high scale of production, and easy to use by consumer, the applicant herein developed a discardable device using it as labial mouthpiece to be fitted in the aluminum cans opening pourer ready-to-drink, such device was developed from a plastic panel, preferably atoxic PVC, discardable and recyclable especially developed in accordance with ideal dimensions aiming the device, packed in a sealed protection capsule.
  • the advice may be supplied together with the beverage can, preferably positioned immediately on the can cover surface and fitted over the rupture ring, thereby allowing that such ring remains in such position until the moment the consumer tears the seal from the opening pourer through the ring when, then, the consumer has access to the mouthpiece device being able to manipulate it in order to put it in the cans' opening pourer as explained hereafter.
  • Labial mouthpiece hygienic device presents an inferior grab, more specifically coming from internal edge of the half-moon, setting an “L” folding with designed thickness to be fitted on the pourer opening border.
  • the covering capsule in seal shape is made of plastic, it can be impressed with publicity in general being able to contain promotional means.
  • protection capsule can be fixed to the said cover through glue points or another way. Said fixation may be done not only on the cover surface, but also on the bottom or side external surface of the can.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates in a schematic way the labial mouthpiece hygienic device herein treated disposed in its ordinary position, that is, on the can cover;
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the can with the pourer opening already opened by the rupture ring and the hygienic device of labial mouthpiece in exploded position still involved by the protection capsule;
  • FIG. 3 shows the hygienic device fitted in the opening pourer ready to be used by the consumer
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a side cut of the mentioned hygienic device fitted in the opening pourer
  • FIG. 5 illustrates another form of disposition of the labial hygienic device herein treated wherein it is positioned under the can which is showed from its inferior angle;
  • FIG. 6 illustrates an exploded view showed in FIG. 5 ;
  • FIG. 7 illustrates another form of disposition of the labial hygienic device herein treated wherein it is positioned on the side of the can.
  • the present invention refers to a DISCARDABLE HYGIENIC DEVICE, more particularly it refers to a labial mouthpiece device ( 1 ) used as hygienic element for ready-to-drink beverage that are packed in aluminum cans (L), such hygienic device ( 1 ) that was developed from a plastic panel, preferably atoxic, flexible and low hardness PVC attending a range from 25 to 40 Shore A, discardable and recyclable; such panel has a half-moon shape or similar, being able to compose support edges ( 2 ) interweaved by the internal arch ( 3 ) in suitable ratio while external side ( 4 ) of half-moon has ideal conformation and dimension that allows the device to be fitted in the space limited by the cover (T) of the can (L).
  • a plastic panel preferably atoxic, flexible and low hardness PVC attending a range from 25 to 40 Shore A, discardable and recyclable
  • such panel has a half-moon shape or similar, being able to compose support
  • Hygienic device ( 1 ) bottom face, more specifically in the arched side ( 3 ) inferior contour has disposed a folding in the shape of a grab ( 5 ), where the thickness (x) is dimensioned due to the thickness of the cover (T) opening pourer (V) border.
  • Hygienic device ( 1 ) is packed in a protection capsule ( 6 ), thermo sealed, making a kit that is supplied together with the can (L), preferably positioned on the cover (T) surface and fitted above the rupture ring (A), then allowing the protected encapsulated ( 6 ) hygienic device ( 1 ) to remain on this position until the moment the consumer ruptures the seal from the opening pourer (V) through the ring (A), moment in which the consumer has access to the mouthpiece hygienic device ( 1 ) being able to manipulate it in order to fit it on the opening pourer (V) through fitting contour( 5 ).
  • the device acquires an arched form once the edges ( 2 ) support each other on the can cover and beside the opening pourer (V) keeping the edge arched coinciding to the opening curve; the device panel in an angled way projects itself as it is indicated through the angle ( ⁇ ) in relation to the cover and body of the can.
  • This allows the user to only touch his/her lips on the labial mouthpiece hygienic device ( 1 ) avoiding, then, the contact with can's (L) parts that may have dirtiness.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrates an alternative form of positioning of the device relation to the can (L) where it is fixed to the bottom portion in the referred can through an adhesive seal (S) that includes an edge of removal (S 1 ), which is slightly positioned in any point of the bottom side of the body can (L).
  • Adhesive seal (S) is removed by the user moments before the effective consumption of the beverage inside the can (L), by pulling it through edge removal (S 1 ), condition specifically showed in FIG. 6 and positioned together with opening pourer (V) of the can (L).
  • FIG. 7 shows another form of the hygienic device ( 1 ) together with can body (L) where protection ( 6 ) is fixed on a point on the can (L) on a side for example by collage points or any other suitable manner.
  • Hygienic device ( 1 ) herein proposed by the constructive form presents as correlated characteristics the fact of being able to be used as a vehicle of promotional advertising as it is schematically indicated in FIG. 3 wherein a promotional message is indicated by reference (M).

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US20120204397A1 (en) * 2011-02-11 2012-08-16 Chih-Cheng Tai Drinking Assistant
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