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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kirk Wallace Lake, Sterrebeek, BE;
Neil John Rogers, Brussels, BE;
Marcel Vandebroek, Grimbergen, BE;
Bruno Van den Branden, Eppegem, BE;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 5/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 5/116 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a container, or a cap for a container for viscous liquid products. The container or the cap comprises a venting element. The venting element allows passage of gases between the interior and the exterior of the container when the pressure inside the container differs from the external ambient pressure. The container or cap further includes a control feature which controls the phase separation of the product splashed onto the membrane.