7608 85th PL NE

Abstract

A deodorant package is provided, including a screw rotatably coupled to one end of a tubular body and extending along a longitudinal axis so that rotation of the screw drives a piston axially within the body. The package includes a cap having a first end configured to engage an open end of the body. The opposite end of the cap is flared with a planar end face lying perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body. The flare provides stable face on which to stand the package. The end of the package opposite the cap may be rounded or otherwise shaped to further encourage a user to rest the package with the capped end downward. A ridge is formed around the inner surface of the body, near the end, to help prevent a stick of semisolid deodorant from falling into the cap while the package is standing thereon.

1 . A deodorant package, comprising:
 a hollow body having a knob end and an open end with sides of the body being parallel for a majority of a length of the body, an area of the knob end of the body being less than an area of a transverse section near a midpoint of the body;   a screw, including a knob and a threaded spindle, rotatably coupled to the body with the knob extending from the body at the knob end and the spindle extending longitudinally within the body from the knob end toward the open end; and   a cap having a first end configured to engage the open end of the body, a flat end face on a second end opposite the first end, and a flare at the second end of the cap.   
     
     
         2 . The deodorant package of  claim 1 , wherein the cap is flared such that the flat end face has an area that is greater than the area of the transverse section of the package near the midpoint of the body. 
     
     
         3 . The deodorant package of  claim 1 , wherein the knob end of the package has a shape, in profile, that cooperates with a shape of the flare, such that the deodorant package can nest with another similarly shaped deodorant package with sides of the deodorant package and the similarly shaped deodorant package in face-to-face contact. 
     
     
         4 . The deodorant package of  claim 1 , comprising a ridge extending around at least a portion of an inner surface of the body proximate the open end. 
     
     
         5 . The deodorant package of  claim 1 , wherein the knob end of the body has a rounded end. 
     
     
         6 . The deodorant package of  claim 1 , comprising a label that is oriented on the body so as to be right-reading when the body is oriented with the open end downward. 
     
     
         7 . The deodorant package of  claim 1  wherein the flare has a curved shape that transitions from a vertical sidewall of the cap to a transverse plane. 
     
     
         8 . The deodorant package of  claim 1 , wherein the flare is flange-shaped, with opposite faces defining respective parallel planes. 
     
     
         9 . The deodorant package of  claim 1 , wherein the cap end includes a plurality of feet extending outward from sidewalls of the cap and separated by a plurality of spaces extending inward from the sidewalls, the feet and spaces being configured to cooperate with feet and spaces of a cap of a second package so as to permit a sidewall of the cap to make face-to-face contact with a sidewall of the cap of the second package. 
     
     
         10 . A deodorant package, comprising:
 a tubular body having a first end and a second end;   a screw rotatably coupled to the body at the first end with a knob of the screw positioned proximate the first end and a spindle of the screw extending along a longitudinal axis of the body toward the second end;   a piston positioned within the body and engaging the spindle of the screw such that rotation of the screw drives the piston axially within the body;   a cap having:
 a first end configured to engage the second end of the body, 
 a second end having a planar end face lying perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body; and 
 a flair proximate the end face such that the end face has a dimension that is greater than a corresponding transverse dimension of the first end of the cap. 
   
     
     
         11 . The deodorant package of  claim 9 , wherein a surface area of the end face of the cap is greater than a transverse sectional area of the first end of the cap. 
     
     
         12 . The deodorant package of  claim 9 , comprising a ridge extending around an inner surface of the body proximate the second end of the body.