Methods of adding expansion material to flexible containers

US10640247B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Marc Richard Bourgeois · Kyles, US
• Jun You · Sharonville, US
• Kunie Kolb · Harrison, US
• Joseph Craig Lester · Monroe, US
• Benjamin Jacob Clare · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 16, 2018
• Grant date: May 5, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D75/5811
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods of opening and adding expansion materials to containers made from flexible materials. The methods involve forming a partially completed container blank that may have four layers of flexible materials. The partially completed container blank may be opened by separating a portion of the first layer from a portion of the second layer by bending portions of the second, third, and fourth layers toward a first direction; and dosing the partially completed container blank, by adding an expansion material out of a dispenser and into a space disposed between a portion of the first layer and a portion of the second layer.