EP0397852B1 - Squeezable fluid container - Google Patents

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EP0397852B1
EP0397852B1 EP90901176A EP90901176A EP0397852B1 EP 0397852 B1 EP0397852 B1 EP 0397852B1 EP 90901176 A EP90901176 A EP 90901176A EP 90901176 A EP90901176 A EP 90901176A EP 0397852 B1 EP0397852 B1 EP 0397852B1
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Fred L. Billman
Mark D. Jamison
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D35/00—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor
    • B65D35/02—Body construction
    • B65D35/04—Body construction made in one piece
    • B65D35/08—Body construction made in one piece from plastics material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5816—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a corner or other small portion next to the edge, e.g. a U-shaped portion
    • B65D75/5822—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a corner or other small portion next to the edge, e.g. a U-shaped portion and defining, after tearing, a small dispensing spout, a small orifice or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding

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  • the present invention is generally directed to a squeezable fluid container.
  • the present invention more particularly, is directed to an improvement in that type of squeezable fluid container which has flexible, sealed upper-edge and side-edge margins, and wherein the flexible upper-edge margin defines a fluid-discharge passageway.
  • Glass bottles can crack, chip, break or explode -- often at most inconvenient times.
  • Metal containers can, at times, be difficult to open. Many metal containers, moreover, once open, can have sharp edges or burrs.
  • Certain viscous fluids such as ketchup and certain salad dressings, furthermore, can often more readily be poured from flexible or plastic containers than from glass bottles or metal containers of comparable general shape.
  • many consumers are generally able to extract a greater percentage of fluid residue from a flexible or squeezable plastic container than would be possible were the fluid contained in certain inflexible containers of comparable volume.
  • flexible containers can be squeezed into relatively tight nooks or crannies which would not otherwise accommodate an inflexible fluid container of comparable general shape.
  • flexible plastic containers when empty, are generally more readily compactible than certain metal and most glass containers, relative ease of fluid container disposal can, at times, be an important consumer consideration in deciding which brand of a particular fluid product to purchase.
  • U.S. Reissue Pat. No. 24,251 to Kaplan et al. discloses a fluid-dispensing container, made from two sheets of flexible plastic material, for containing desired amounts of liquid.
  • a container is said to be particularly adapted for shipment in sealed condition, and is further said to be provided with a tearable strip along one end thereof to facilitate opening of the container.
  • a strip when so torn, can thus be utilized for purposes of dispensing the contained liquid from its container, as desired, upon application of a predetermined fluid-dispensing pressure to the sidewalls of the container. See also U.S. Pat. No. 4,717,046 to Brogli.
  • EP-A-0 247 841 discloses a flexible leverage pouch having a bottom seam which is broken upon application of fluid pressure. Sealed lands are provided in each side seam and extend inwardly to approximately the width of the opening formed in the bottom seam to prevent curling of the bottom seam and oblique discharge of the contents of the pouch.
  • the present invention is directed to the problem of preventing deformation of a fluid passageway of the type in U.S.-A-4,491,245, in particular a fluid passageway defined by a minor portion of the surface area of the deformable upper edge margin of a squeezable container.
  • the present invention is generally directed to an improvement in certain types of flexible-plastic fluid containers. More particularly, the present invention provides a squeezable container including flexible sidewalls defining a cavity for containing a dispensible fluid, a bottom, a pair of spaced-apart outwardly-extending deformable side-edge margins, and an outwardly-extending deformable upper-edge margin which is unitary with the side-edge margins and which defines a fluid passageway defined by a minor portion of the surface area of the deformable upper edge margin and being of generally serpentine configuration and in communication with the fluid cavity, characterized in that the container further includes deformation-causing means defined by at least one of the outwardly extending side-edge margins and so spaced from the upper-edge margin by a predetermined distance that is effective for causing deformation to occur in the side-edge margin that is in the vicinity of the deformation-causing means, rather than in the vicinity of the generally serpentine fluid passageway, upon application of a predetermined squeezing pressure to the cavity-con
  • the deformation causing means comprises an indent, defined by at least one of the side-edge margins, for dividing the fluid cavity into two fluid chambers along the longitudinal axis.
  • the two chambers are in fluid communication with each other.
  • One of the two fluid chambers is located adjacent to, and is in fluid communication with, the fluid passageway in the upper edge margin of the container.
  • the transverse cross-sectional area of the one fluid chamber, which is in fluid communication with the fluid passageway, is greater than the transverse cross-sectional area of the fluid cavity in the vicinity of the indent.
  • the indent is so located relative to the upper-edge margin such that fluid communication between the fluid passageway and the one fluid chamber adjacent thereto is maintained when application of a predetermined fluid-discharging squeezing pressure on the article sidewalls causes deformation of the article side-edge margin in the vicinity of the indent.
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the fluid container of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 2 is another perspective view of the fluid container shown in FIGURE 1, illustrating side-margin deformation which occurs in the vicinity of the indents when a predetermined fluid-discharging pressure is applied to the sidewalls of the fluid container.
  • FIGURE 3a is a partially-fragmented frontal view of another embodiment of the fluid container of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 3b is a partially-fragmented frontal view of yet another embodiment of the fluid container of the present invention.
  • FIGURES 4a through 4f are a series of drawings, briefly illustrating how that embodiment of the fluid container which is shown in FIGURES 1 and 2 is made.
  • FIGURE 5 is a frontal view of yet another embodiment of the fluid container of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 6 is a frontal view of still another embodiment of the fluid container of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 7 is a frontal view of yet another embodiment of the fluid container of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 8 is a frontal view of still another embodiment of the fluid container of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 9 is a frontal view, in section, of yet another embodiment of the fluid container of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 10 is a frontal view of still another embodiment of the fluid container of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 11 is a partially-fragmented frontal view of yet another embodiment of the fluid container of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 12 is a frontal view of still another embodiment of the fluid container of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 13 is a drawing, briefly illustrating how that embodiment of the fluid container which is shown in FIGURE 12 is made.
  • FIGURE 14 is a side view, taken from the plane 14-14, of that embodiment of the fluid container which is shown in FIGURE 10.
  • Such container 20a which defines a longitudinal axis X-X, comprises an upstanding sealed base or bottom 24a, flexible sidewalls 26a, a pair of sealed spaced-apart deformable side-edge margins 28a and 29a, and a sealed deformable upper-edge margin 30a which is unitary with an upper-edge portion of each of the side-edge margins 28a and 29a.
  • the upper-edge margin 30a defines a fluid passageway 32a.
  • FIGURE 9 Another embodiment of the invention is the fluid container 20b shown in FIGURE 9.
  • This fluid container 20b is similar to container 20a but is modified in the form of an envelope having a bottom 24b which is sealed along a bottom seam 25.
  • Container 20b has a sealed deformable upper-edge margin 30b which is unitary with the deformable side-edge margins 28b and 29b.
  • the fluid passageway 32b formed in the upper-edge margin 30b communicates with the fluid cavity 34.
  • the side-edge margins 28b and 29b define indents 38a and 39a for dividing the cavity 34 into two fluid chambers 40 and 42 along the longitudinal axis X-X.
  • One of the fluid chambers 40 and 42 namely upper fluid chamber 40, is located adjacent to and is in fluid communication with the fluid passageway 32b.
  • the cross-sectional area of the one fluid chamber 40 (such cross-sectional area being transverse to the longitudinal axis X-X) is greater than the transverse cross-sectional area of the fluid cavity 34 in the vicinity of the indents 38a and 39a.
  • the indents 38a and 39a are so located relative to the upper-edge margin 30a such that fluid communication between the fluid passageway 32a and the one fluid chamber 40 adjacent thereto is maintained when application of a predetermined fluid-dispensing squeezing pressure upon the container sidewalls causes deformation of the container side-edge margins 28b and 29b in the vicinity of the indents 38a and 39a. (See FIGURE 2.)
  • FIGURES 3a and 3b show that the fluid container need only have one such indent.
  • the single indent 39a can be in distal relation to the fluid passageway 32a (FIGURE 3a) or the single indent 39a can be located adjacent to the fluid passageway 32a (FIGURE 3b).
  • the indent or indents can take a variety of shapes, in accordance with the present invention.
  • the container side-edge margins 28a and 29a can define generally hemispherical-shaped indents 38' and 39' (FIGURE 5), square-shaped or rectangular-shaped indents 38b and 39b (FIGURE 6), triangular-shaped indents 38e and 39e (FIGURE 7), etc.
  • portions of the side-edge margins 28c and 29c defining the indents 38c and 39c can project inwardly as is shown in FIGURE 8.
  • the indents 38a' and 39a' can be spaced somewhat differently from the upper-edge margin 39a, relative to each other, in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
  • one embodiment of the fluid container 20a of the present invention has a base 24a which enables such embodiment of the fluid container to be free-standing, also referred to herein as "upstanding”. (See FIGURES 1 and 2.)
  • FIGURES 4a through 4f Reference is next invited to FIGURES 4a through 4f for purposes of briefly discussing how such a fluid container is made.
  • a transverse crease 46 is formed, and back-folds 48 so formed as to straddle the crease 46 and bring the opposite end portions of the elongated plastic material 44 into close proximity (FIGURE 4b).
  • one pair of lower, side-edge margins 50 between the crease 46 and one back-fold 48 is sealed (FIGURE 4c); then the other pair of lower, side-edge margins 51 is similarly sealed (FIGURE 4d), thereby closing the bottom.
  • the fluid container of the present invention need not have a free-standing base; but rather, can have a simple, closed bottom, as those embodiments presented in FIGURES 9 and 10 illustrate.
  • the flexible-plastic fluid container of the present invention can readily be constructed so as to be relatively thin (FIGURE 14), so as to conveniently fit in a consumer's shirt pocket or lady's purse.
  • One such envelope-like flexible-plastic fluid container embodiment of the present invention comprises two flexible-plastic sheets 56 sealed together along their bottom margin 58, side margins 28d and 29d, and upper margin 30d. (Please refer to FIGURES 10 and 14.)
  • the side margins 28d and 29d define the indents 38d and 39d.
  • the upper margin 30d defines the fluid-discharge passageway 32d.
  • the plastic sheets 56 define a fluid-containing cavity.
  • One such cavity 34 is illustrated in the envelope-type of fluid container embodiment that is shown in FIGURE 11.
  • the general shape and diameter of the fluid-discharge passageway is a matter of design choice, as will be understood by those skilled in the art.
  • the diameter of the fluid-discharge passageway can be relatively small (FIGURE 9), can be relatively large (FIGURE 11) or can be of intermediate diameter (FIGURE 10).
  • That end portion of the fluid-discharge passageway which communicates with the upper fluid chamber of the fluid cavity moreover, can be arranged generally along the longitudinal axis X-X, as is shown in FIGURE 9, or can be generally spaced therefrom (see, e.g., FIGURES 10 and 11.)
  • the upper margin is formed in a manner such that the fluid-discharging end of the fluid passageway is initially sealed.
  • the fluid-discharging end 64a is so formed as to be rupturable when pressure in the fluid-discharge passageway 32a (FIGURE 2) reaches a predetermined value.
  • the fluid-discharging end 64a opens.
  • Such rupturable seals are well known in the art. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,537,308 to Hollander, Jr.
  • the margin 30b not only defines the fluid-discharge passageway 32b but also defines a so-called "tear-away" tab 68.
  • an edge margin 30b further preferably defines a preformed score line 70, so formed in the upper-edge margin 30b as to enable the tab 68 to readily be removable from the remainder of the margin 30b (along the score line 70) while opening the fluid-discharging end 64b of the fluid-discharge passageway 32b. (Please refer to FIGURE 9.)

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NO903274L (no) 1990-09-20
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