Flexible materials for flexible containers

US9682537B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Scott Kendyl Stanley · Parker, US
• Jun You · Sharonville, US
• Emily Charlotte Boswell · Cincinnati, US
• Lee Mathew Arent · Lancaster, US
• Kenneth Stephen McGuire · Montgomery, US
• Andrew Paul Rapach · Lancaster, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2017
• Expiry date: May 7, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/31913
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A flexible material for a flexible container can include a first laminate and a second laminate joined to at least a portion of the first laminate by at least one seal. The first laminate can include a first gas barrier layer disposed between first and second sealable layers, wherein the first and second sealable layers define opposed exterior layers of the first laminate. The second laminate can include a third sealable layer defining an exterior layer of the second laminate, and a second gas barrier layer. The at least one seal joins a portion of the third sealable layer to at least a portion of the second sealable layer.