Patent ID: 8944288
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A47K,B05B,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A container collapsible from a filled configuration to a substantially empty configuration during dispensing of the contents therein, the container comprising: a front wall; a rear wall; right and left side walls interconnecting said front wall and rear wall; a bottom wall interconnecting with said front wall, rear wall, right side wall and left side wall; a top wall interconnecting with said front wall, rear wall, right side wall and left side wall, said front wall, rear wall, right side wall, left side wall, top wall and bottom wall defining a container volume holding product; a neck extending from said bottom wall and providing an opening communicating with said container volume, said neck and opening being offset from a horizontal center of the container so as to be positioned closer to said front wall; a pump sealed within said opening in said neck, said pump including an extension extending into said container volume said product being dispensed from said container volume through actuation of said pump; a rear wall fold line extending across said rear wall, said rear wall fold line separating said rear wall into a first facet extending from said rear wall fold line to said top wall and a second facet extending from said rear wall fold line to said bottom wall, wherein the container is sealed such that the removal of said product from said container through actuation of said pump causes said container volume to decrease, and, as said container volume decreases, said container folds along said rear wall fold line such that said first facet folds down toward said second facet, and said front wall is devoid of a fold line that mimics the structure and function of said rear wall fold line such that the folding at said rear wall fold line is not simulated at said front wall, said front wall remaining more distinctly flat as compared to said rear wall that folds about said rear wall fold line, wherein said front wall includes a reinforcing geometry that reinforces the structure of said front wall such that it resists collapsing during dispensing of the contents therein to a greater extent than said rear wall, said left side wall and said right side wall, such that said extension of said pump is not contacted by the folding and collapsing walls of the container; and a lug protruding outwardly from a transition point between the front wall and the bottom wall to resist collapsing of the front wall in the direction of the bottom wall when product is removed from the container through actuation of the pump.