Flexible containers and methods of making the same

US10131457B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Marc Richard Bourgeois · Kyles, US
• Benjamin Jacob Clare · Cincinnati, US
• Joseph Craig Lester · Monroe, US
• Tadayoshi Ishihara · Sharonville, US
• Scott Kendyl Stanley · Parker, US
• Jun You · Sharonville, US
• Donald J. Cox · Enochs, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 20, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D75/5872
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of expanding a structural support volume of a flexible container can include dispensing a cryogenic fluid into at least one structural support volume and sealing the at least one structural support volume such that it has a closed volume prior to complete conversion of the cryogenic fluid into a gas and expansion of the structural support volume to a pressurized state. The flexible container includes a product volume and at least a portion of the structural support volume extends into the product volume when the structural support volume is expanded.