Packaged Product with Scoop

Abstract

A packaged product has (a) a solid product and (b) a scoop for dosing the solid product, and (c) a flexible package containing the solid product and the scoop therein. The scoop has a bowl and a handle. The bowl has a proximal bowl edge. The handle has a proximal handle edge and a distal handle edge. The proximal handle edge connects to the proximal bowl edge. The scoop bowl has a yield point from about 7 MPa to about 70 MPa.

1 . A packaged product comprising
 (a) a solid product,   (b) a scoop for dosing the solid product, the scoop comprising
 (1) a bowl comprising a proximal bowl edge and 
 (2) a handle comprising a proximal handle edge and a distal handle edge, the proximal handle edge connecting to the proximal bowl edge, 
 wherein the bowl has a yield point of from about 7 MPa to about 70 MPa, and 
   (c) a flexible package comprising the solid product and the scoop therein.   
     
     
         2 . The packaged product according to  claim 1 , wherein the bowl comprises a vertical cross section, the vertical cross section comprising a top part comprising a top thickness and the bottom part comprising a bottom thickness, wherein the top thickness is larger than the bottom thickness. 
     
     
         3 . The packaged product according to  claim 2 , wherein the top thickness is from about 1.1 mm to about 2.4 mm and the bottom thickness is from about 0.4 mm to about 1.2 mm. 
     
     
         4 . The packaged product according to  claim 1 , wherein the bowl comprises a vertical cross section, the vertical cross section comprising a bowl wall thickness which gradually decreases from the top to the bottom. 
     
     
         5 . The packaged product according to  claim 1 , the bowl further comprising a proximal bowl edge and a distal bowl edge, the bowl further comprising a front corner at the proximal bowl edge, the front corner comprising a front radius and a rear corner at the distal bowl edge, the rear corner comprising a rear radius, wherein the front radius is larger than the rear radius. 
     
     
         6 . The packaged product according to  claim 1 , wherein the solid product is selected from the group consisting of a powder, a granule, a flake, a tablet and a combination thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The packaged product according to  claim 1 , wherein the solid product is selected from the group consisting of a fabric detergent, a fabric enhancer, a hard surface cleaner, a bleach, a coffee bean, a coffee powder, a milk powder, a pet food, a snack, a cereal, a grain, and a combination thereof. 
     
     
         8 . The packaged product according to  claim 1 , wherein the scoop comprises a plastic. 
     
     
         9 . The packaged product according to  claim 8 , wherein the plastic is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate, polyester, polychlorovinyl and a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         10 . The packaged product according to  claim 1 , wherein the scoop has a bowl edge and the bowl edge has a round corner comprising a radius of from about 0.05 mm to about 1.0 mm.