EP3036175B1 - Dispensing container and method - Google Patents

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EP3036175B1
EP3036175B1 EP13759052.7A EP13759052A EP3036175B1 EP 3036175 B1 EP3036175 B1 EP 3036175B1 EP 13759052 A EP13759052 A EP 13759052A EP 3036175 B1 EP3036175 B1 EP 3036175B1
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Timothy James
Haley A. LOWRY
Jill M. Martin
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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
    • 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
    • B65D75/008—Standing pouches, i.e. "Standbeutel"
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/24—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat
    • B65D47/241—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element
    • B65D47/243—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element moving linearly, i.e. without rotational motion
    • 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
    • B65D75/5861—Spouts

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  • Each of the front film and the rear film is resilient, flexible and deformable.
  • the body is resilient, flexible, and deformable.
  • the body is flexible enough to deform, but also resilient enough to return to its original shape.
  • the cross-section of the body (at the greatest length) is greater than the cross-section of the base (taken at the greatest length).
  • the container with closure in the open position is hanging from a support structure (by way of the hole in the upper heat seal portion of the body), the user can simply place her hand below the container, bring her hand in an upward motion to contact the panel-cap and close the closure.
  • the panel-cap advantageously enables single-hand closing of the closure. This is advantageous in the shower, for example, when user may have only one hand available (one hand holding liquid product from the container or holding another object such as a bar of soap, for example) and/or eyes closed.
  • ranges containing values which are less than one or containing fractional numbers greater than one e.g., 1.1, 1.5, etc.
  • one unit is considered to be 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01 or 0.1, as appropriate.
  • ranges containing single digit numbers less than ten e.g., 1 to 5
  • one unit is typically considered to be 0.1.
  • ranges containing explicit values e.g., 1 or 2, or 3 to 5, or 6, or 7
  • any subrange between any two explicit values is included (e.g., 1 to 2; 2 to 6; 5 to 7; 3 to 7; 5 to 6; etc.).
  • Polymer means a compound prepared by polymerizing monomers, whether of the same or a different type, that in polymerized form provide the multiple and/or repeating "units" or "mer units” that make up a polymer.
  • the generic term polymer thus embraces the term homopolymer, usually employed to refer to polymers prepared from only one type of monomer, and the term interpolymer, usually employed to refer to polymers prepared from at least two types of monomers. It also embraces all forms of interpolymers, e.g., random, block, etc.

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  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
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EP13759052.7A 2013-02-20 2013-08-20 Dispensing container and method Active EP3036175B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US29/446,111 USD716668S1 (en) 2013-02-20 2013-02-20 Flexible pouch
PCT/US2013/055763 WO2014130079A1 (en) 2013-02-20 2013-08-20 Dispensing container and method

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EP3036175A1 EP3036175A1 (en) 2016-06-29
EP3036175B1 true EP3036175B1 (en) 2018-05-16

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US (1) USD716668S1 (zh)
EP (1) EP3036175B1 (zh)
CN (1) CN104981413B (zh)
AR (1) AR092182A1 (zh)
BR (1) BR112015019935A2 (zh)
ES (1) ES2676705T3 (zh)
MX (1) MX363945B (zh)
WO (1) WO2014130079A1 (zh)

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WO2014130079A1 (en) 2014-08-28
EP3036175A1 (en) 2016-06-29
USD716668S1 (en) 2014-11-04
AR092182A1 (es) 2015-03-25
CN104981413A (zh) 2015-10-14
ES2676705T3 (es) 2018-07-24
BR112015019935A2 (pt) 2017-07-18
CN104981413B (zh) 2018-09-25
MX363945B (es) 2019-04-09

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