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EP2527265A1
EP2527265A1 EP11167930A EP11167930A EP2527265A1 EP 2527265 A1 EP2527265 A1 EP 2527265A1 EP 11167930 A EP11167930 A EP 11167930A EP 11167930 A EP11167930 A EP 11167930A EP 2527265 A1 EP2527265 A1 EP 2527265A1
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recess
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product containing
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Jan Dirk Frits Brinkerhof
Alexander Josephus Maricus Van Puijenbroek
Adawan Suksomjin
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  • the present invention relates to containers for the packaging of powder products, in particular for infant nutrition such as powdered or granulated milk formula.
  • the invention further relates to a package comprising the combination of a container and measuring scoop together with a quantity of product.
  • Infant milk formula has been sold in various forms of package for many years.
  • Metal cans were initially the preferred container as they were relatively easy and cheap to produce and could be sealed for long term storage.
  • the seal comprised an aluminium foil across the mouth of the container that was removed on first use.
  • the containers were provided with resealable plastic lids which gripped over the outer rim of the can.
  • a measuring scoop was frequently included with the container, either packaged separately or within the can itself. Compared with modem materials, such cans are now considered relatively expensive and heavy.
  • the inclusion of a scoop within the package itself on purchase is also less desirable from the point of view of good hygiene and ease of production. More recently, alternative packaging forms have become available which improve on the existing cans.
  • the above described packages have comprised generally upright containers i.e. having a height greater than a width or breadth.
  • Lid designs have attempted to provide a relatively large access opening to the container interior so that a user may easily remove all of the contents with the scoop provided.
  • a large lid opening however imposes limitations on the lid construction if adequate sealing is to be achieved.
  • Furthermore increasing the width of the container with respect to the height would have led to significant dead volume.
  • a fixed height head space is required within the container to locate the scoop above the product.
  • a wider but shorter container would have relatively more dead volume.
  • the position of the scoop within the lid cavity has been found inconvenient by some users. This is particularly the case where the scoop has become damp due to vapour on preparing the product or from washing, causing milk powder to stick to the scoop and subsequently drop back into the container.
  • a container for a powdered nutritional product comprising a product containing portion having a depth dimension, a scoop containing recess for storing an elongate scoop, wherein the recess is at least partially separated from the product containing portion by a separating wall, a circumferential rim for connection to the product containing portion and defining an access opening to the product containing portion; and a lid for closing the access opening.
  • the separating wall may serve to prevent powder dropping from the scoop during storage from falling into the product containing portion.
  • the separate recess can receive the scoop prior to first use of the container and also thereafter.
  • the container comprises a seal arranged to close the product containing portion prior to use.
  • This may be in the form of a membrane or foil connected to an internal wall of the product containing portion or to a top edge of such a wall by heat, adhesive or the like.
  • the seal may be provided on an intermediate member or may seal across the access opening of the circumferential rim.
  • the seal will be frangible or rupturable to facilitate removal and may be provided with a pull tab.
  • the recess is arranged alongside the product containing portion and has a length dimension substantially equal to and aligned with the depth dimension. It may thus be a separate compartment in which the scoop is inserted generally vertically with access from above. The length of the scoop can thus be at least as long as the container is deep, which is advantageous in reaching the bottom of the product containing portion.
  • the recess may be accessible via the access opening.
  • the circumferential rim may define a separate scoop opening providing access to the recess independently of the access opening. If the recess lies within the access opening it can be closed and sealed by the lid. If the recess is independent of the access opening, it may be covered by the lid but not sealed.
  • the lid may have additional sealing provisions for closing and sealing the recess thereby preventing the scoop from falling out should the container be tipped and preventing ingress of dirt.
  • the degree of sealing of the container after initial opening will depend on requirements.
  • the container may have a generally square or rectangular outer profile with rounded corners.
  • the access opening can then be generally round or elliptical with the recess being formed in a corner region between the access opening and the outer profile.
  • An elliptical access opening arranged on a diagonal of the container is most preferred as this provides two slightly larger corner regions, either or both of which are suitable for locating the recess.
  • the recess may be formed within the lid.
  • a pocket shaped recess may be formed for receiving the scoop.
  • any powder that has fallen from the scoop remains within the recess and is prevented from falling back into the container by the separating wall.
  • the recess may be arranged in the lid to receive a relatively longer scoop than would have been the case for a round opening. This may allow use of a scoop having a length at least equal to the depth dimension of the product containing portion. As will be understood, this makes access to the bottom of the product containing portion more convenient.
  • the product containing portion and the recess may be present as a single body and may be integrally formed of polymeric material.
  • This may be a thermoforming, blow moulding, deep drawing or injection moulding procedure and may use one or more polymer components.
  • two polymers having different characteristics may be simultaneously or successively applied to form a single integrally moulded product.
  • the recess or separating wall may be a separate component, connectable to the product containing portion, rim or lid by mechanical attachment, adhesive or the like. This connection may take place during manufacture of the container or after filling and sealing of the product containing portion.
  • the product containing portion may comprise a wall formed of a carton laminate material.
  • carton laminates have been extensively employed for food packaging and in particular for infant formula such as described in the earlier mentioned WO2010071424 .
  • Preferable laminates comprise a layer of a relatively thin aluminium foil sandwiched between an outer carton/cardboard layer and an inner polymeric layer.
  • the outer carton layer provides a good base for printing and an agreeable texture; the aluminium foil layer ensures excellent barrier properties for long term storage; the inner polymeric layer should be of food quality and may serve as a heat-sealable surface for connection to the seal.
  • the recess is at least partially transparent such that a scoop within the recess is visible from outside the container.
  • Previous containers have provided a contour indicating the presence and location of a scoop within the container and such contour may also be present. Nevertheless, it is believed that actually seeing the scoop within the recess is considered desirable by certain users.
  • the recess if made as a separate element may be completely of transparent material. Alternatively, a viewing window may be provided.
  • the degree of transparency is partial such that powder from the scoop is not immediately visible.
  • the circumferential rim and the lid are integrally formed and hinged to one another e.g. at a living hinge. Such a construction has been found convenient from a manufacturing perspective in the past.
  • lid, rim combination may be provided having an alternative hinge arrangement e.g. in the form of pins and sockets.
  • a preferred material for the lid and rim is polyethylene (PE) although the skilled person will be familiar with various alternatives which could provide similar engineering properties.
  • the container is preferably dimensioned to provide easy access to the contents using the scoop.
  • the overall dimensions of the container are such that it is relatively broad or wide and relatively shallow compared to previous designs. This allows the access opening to have a primary dimension that is greater than the depth dimension of the product containing portion.
  • the lid or the rim may also be provided with tamper evident closure indication. These may be otherwise conventional engagement mechanisms between the lid and the rim which must be broken on first time opening of the container and which make such opening and breakage visually evident.
  • the container has stacking provisions such that a number of like containers can be stacked on one another.
  • the container may be defined to have an upper side which will generally be formed by the circumferential rim and the lid and a lower side being primarily a base of the product containing portion.
  • the container preferably comprises stacking provisions on or at the upper side and complementary provisions at the base of the container.
  • Such provisions may comprise cams, grooves, protrusions, flanges and the like which serve to locate one container with respect to another, in particular by preventing relative lateral movement.
  • the base of the container may be hollow having a downwardly extending peripheral flange.
  • the invention also specifically relates to a package comprising a container as described above containing a quantity of powdered nutritional product sealed within a product containing portion and a scoop received within a recess, the product and scoop being separated from one another by a separating wall.
  • powdered nutritional product can include powders, granules, pellets and the like and that nutritional product may be given its broadest possible meaning. Nevertheless, the invention is most specifically directed to baby or infant nutritional products such as milk formula.
  • a separating wall 54 which together with the lid 10 forms the recess 6 for receipt of scoop 16.
  • the scoop 16 is retained in the recess 6 by the resilience of the materials used in a form fitting manner. It is also aligned with the major axis of the elliptically shaped lid 10 whereby its length may be maximised for a given package.
  • Use of the package 1 of the third embodiment may be substantially as described above in the previous embodiments.
  • the lid 10 of the third embodiment engages within the access opening 38, it may also engage over an upstanding flange formed around the access opening in the manner described in US2010236966 .
  • the recess 6 of the third embodiment is shown to open in the direction of the hinge 42, the separating wall 54 may be arranged such that the recess 6 is open on the side of the lip 15.

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