Flexible containers and methods of making the same

US9981759B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2014
• Grant date: May 29, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2205/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of filling a product volume of a flexible container that includes a product volume and a structural support volume that at least partially extends into the product volume can include filling the product volume with product and applying an external force to the product volume and sealing the product volume to reduce a product receiving volume of the product volume.