Disposable flexible containers having surface elements

US9688459B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Scott Kendyl Stanley · Parker, US
• Karl Vanderbeek · Germantown, US
• Kenneth Stephen McGuire · Montgomery, US
• Lee Mathew Arent · Lancaster, US
• Andrew Paul Rapach · Lancaster, US
• Jun You · Sharonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D81/052
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A disposable flexible container for a fluent product comprises a product volume for the fluent product at least partially defined by a nonstructural panel having one or more flat spaces and one or more structural support volumes. The disposable flexible container also includes one or more surface elements generally projecting outwardly in relation to the one or more flat spaces on the nonstructural panel. Preferably, the one or more structural support volumes comprise a structural support frame configured to prevent the container from collapsing and, more preferably, they are arranged to generate and maintain tension in the nonstructural panel when they are expanded.