Fitment for a flexible pouch with child-safety properties

US6991140B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US
• Kornick Lindsay · US
• Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Raymond A. Bourque · Plymouth, US
• Daniel Young-Doo Chung · Chicago, US
• Richard Estabrook · Milford, US
• Joseph M. Kornick · Chicago, US
• Jose Tirso Olivares-Cordoba · Chicago, US
• Donna Lynn Visioli · North Wales, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 17, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2575/583
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a plastic fitment with child-safe properties for attachment to a container component of film-like plastic material, including a tubular body portion defining a through passage having axially spaced ends, a welding rib, and a cap. Also disclosed are flexible pouch or beverage package comprising the fitment and a process for using the fitment.