DUAL COMPONENT PACKAGING KIT
A dual component packaging kit that includes at least a shape holding outer container having an internal volume and an external surface. Preferably, the shape holding outer container is configured to accommodate a pair of shape holding inner containers. Preferentially, each of the pair of shape holding inner containers contain a separate and distinct viscous material and the pair of shape holding inner containers remain detached from the shape holding outer containers at all times. With the pair of shape holding inner containers removed from the shape holding outer container, the separate and distinct viscous materials may be poured into the shape holding outer container and mixed together for use.
The claimed invention relates to the field of product packaging schema, and more particularly to a packaging schema for dual component products that need to be isolated one from the other during shipping and handling.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn accordance with various exemplary embodiments, a dual component packaging kit that includes at least a shape holding outer container having an internal volume and an external surface. Preferably, the shape holding outer container is configured to accommodate a pair of shape holding inner containers. Preferentially, each of the pair of shape holding inner containers contain a separate and distinct viscous material and the pair of shape holding inner containers remain detached from the shape holding outer containers at all times. With the pair of shape holding inner containers removes from the shape holding outer container, the separate and distinct viscous materials may be poured into the shape holding outer container and mixed together for use.
In an alternate exemplary embodiment, the shape holding inner container includes at least a first interior volume formed by a first hermetically sealed bottom, and a first open top, the first interior volume containing a first viscous material, and a second interior volume attached to the first interior volume. Preferably, the second interior volume is formed by a second hermetically sealed bottom, and a second open top, the second interior volume containing a second viscous material, wherein the first and second viscous material are separate and distinct viscous materials. Additionally featured by the alternate exemplary embodiment is a separation wall disposed between and attached to the first and second interior volumes, the separation wall isolates the first viscous material from the second viscous material.
These and various other features and advantages that characterize the claimed invention will be apparent upon reading the following detailed description and upon review of the associated drawings.
Reference will now be made in detail to one or more examples of various embodiments of the present invention depicted in the figures. Each example is provided by way of explanation of the various embodiments of the present invention, and not meant as a limitation of the invention. For example, features illustrated or described as part of one embodiment may be used with another embodiment to yield still a different embodiment. Other modifications and variations to the described embodiments are also contemplated within the scope and spirit of the claimed invention.
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In a preferred embodiment, the non-shape holding inner container 144, includes at least a spout 146 with an integrated fill land 148. The fill land 148, serves to interface with a fill station fixture (not shown), to promote dispensing of the viscous material (selectively either 126 or 124), into the internal volume of the non-shape holding inner container 144. The non-shape holding inner container 144 further preferably includes an integrated handle 150, to facilitate placement in and removal of, the non-shape holding inner container 144 from the interior of the shape holding outer container 100.
It is to be understood that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of various embodiments of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of various embodiments of the invention, this detailed description is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of structure and arrangements of parts within the principles of the present claimed invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed. For example, the particular elements may vary depending on the particular application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present claimed invention.
It will be clear that the present invention is well adapted to attain the ends and advantages mentioned as well as those inherent therein. While presently preferred embodiments have been described for purposes of this disclosure, numerous changes may be made which will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art and which are encompassed by the appended claims.
Claims
1. A packaging kit comprising:
- a shape holding outer container having an internal volume and an external surface, wherein the internal volume is not less than two liters; and
- a shape holding inner container disposed within the outer container, wherein the shape holding inner container contains a viscous material, and in which the shape holding inner container remains detached from the outer container at all times.
2. The kit of claim 1, in which the shape holding inner container is a first shape holding inner container, the viscous material is a first viscous material, and further comprising a second shape holding inner container, the second shape holding inner container contains a second viscous material, wherein the first and second viscous materials are separate and distinct viscous materials.
3. The kit of claim 2, in which the shape holding outer container includes a hermetically sealed bottom and an open top, the open top has an opening with an area greater than the area of the hermetically sealed bottom.
4. The kit of claim 3, in which the shape holding outer container provides a lip portion encircling the open top, and further comprises a lid interacting with the lip, the lid seals the internal volume, and the lid reseals the internal volume upon removal and reengagement of the lid with the lip.
5. The kit of claim 4, in which the shape holding outer container is an elongated cylinder having a circular cross section.
6. The kit of claim 5, in which each the first and second shape holding inner containers are formed to present a common geometric form.
7. The kit of claim 6, in which the first and second shape holding inner containers each includes a hermetically sealed bottom and an open top, the open tops have an opening with an area less than the area of the hermetically sealed bottom.
8. The kit of claim 7, in which each shape holding inner container provides an interior volume and a spout portion encircling the open top, and further comprises a cap interacting with the spout portion, the cap seals the interior volume, and the cap reseals the internal volume upon removal and reengagement of the cap with the spout portion.
9. The kit of claim 8, further comprising a liner in contact adjacency with an internal surface of the shape holding outer container and an external surface of each the first and second shape holding inner containers.
10. The kit of claim 9, in which the liner is formed from a flexible polymer.
11. The kit of claim 10, in which the shape holding outer container is formed from a material selected from a group consisting of (polymers, composites, and metallic), and in which each shape holding inner container is formed from a material selected from a group consisting of (polymers, composites, and metallic).
12. The kit of claim 6, in which a cross section of the common geometric shape takes the form of a capital letter D.
13. The kit of claim 6, in which a cross section of the common geometric shape takes the form of a circle.
14. The kit of claim 1, in which the shape holding inner container comprising:
- a first interior volume formed by a first hermetically sealed bottom, and a first open top, the first interior volume containing a first viscous material;
- a second interior volume attached to the first interior volume, the second interior volume formed by a second hermetically sealed bottom, and a second open top, the second interior volume containing a second viscous material, wherein the first and second viscous materials are separate and distinct viscous materials; and
- a separation wall disposed between and attached to the first and second interior volumes, the separation wall isolates the first viscous material from the second viscous material.
15. The kit of claim 14, in which the shape holding inner container further comprising:
- a first spout portion encircling a first open top, the first open top distal from the first hermetically sealed bottom;
- a first cap interacting with the first spout portion, the first cap seals the interior volume, the first cap further reseals the first internal volume upon removal and reengagement of the first cap with the first spout portion;
- a second spout portion encircling a second open top, the second open top distal from the second hermetically sealed bottom, the second spout portion adjacent the first spout portion; and
- a second cap interacting with the second spout portion, the second cap seals the interior volume, the second cap further reseals the first internal volume upon removal and reengagement of the first cap with the first spout portion.
16. The kit of claim 15, in which the shape holding inner container further comprising:
- a first handhold disposed between the first hermetically sealed bottom and a first top portion, the first top portion distal from the first hermetically sealed bottom, the first handhold distal from the first spout; and
- a second handhold disposed between the second hermetically sealed bottom and a second top portion, the second first handhold distal from the first spout.
17. The kit of claim 16, in which the shape holding inner container further comprising:
- a first pressure equalization conduit disposed between and communicating with each the first spout and the first handhold; and
- a second pressure equalization conduit disposed between and communicating with each the second spout and the second handhold.
18. The kit of claim 7, in which the shape holding inner container further comprising:
- a handhold disposed between the hermetically sealed bottom and a top portion, the top portion distal from the hermetically sealed bottom, the first handhold distal from the spout; and
- a pressure equalization conduit supported atop the top portion while being disposed between and communicating with each the spout and the handhold.
19. The kit of claim of claim 18, in which the shape holding inner container further comprising, a pressure equalization conduit channel provided by an external surface of the hermetically sealed bottom, the pressure equalization conduit channel aligned with and substantially parallel to the pressure equalization conduit.
20. The kit of claim 19, in which the handhold is a first handhold, the first handhold providing access of a users hand from a first direction, and further comprising a second handhold in alignment with and distal from the first handhold, the second handhold providing access of a users hand from a second direction.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 11, 2013
Publication Date: Sep 11, 2014
Inventor: Douglas E. Reeves (Edmond, OK)
Application Number: 13/792,527
International Classification: B65D 21/00 (20060101);