US3240416A
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Assignee: Dow Chemical Co
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Filing: 1961-01-12
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Granted: 1966-03-15
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Expires: 1981-01-12
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 James M Deegan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 02:47
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D77/00; B65D77/04; B65D77/06; B65D77/062; B65D77/065; B65D77/064; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S383/00; Y10S383/906
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
266 words
A DISPENSING PACKAGE COMPRISING A RELATIVELY LESS FLEXIBLE OUTER CONTAINER, A RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE LEAKPROOF LINER INCASED IN SAID CONTAINER, AND FLOWABLE CONTENTS CONTAINED WITHIN SAID LINER, SAID LINER BEING CLOSED AT BOTH ENDS AND HAVING A PORTION OF ONE CLOSED END FOLDED TO PROVIDE AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDABLE PORTION OF SAID LINER COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF, SAID OUTWARDLY EXTENDABLE PORTION BEING CONFINED, BEFORE DISCHARGE OF SAID CONTENTS FROM THE PACKAGE, BETWEEN SAID LINER AND SAID OUTER CONTAINER, A RELATIVELY WEAKENED PORTION OF SAID OUTER CONTAINER OVERLYING SAID EXTENDABLE PORTION OF SAID LINER, AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SAID OUTWARDLY EXTENDABLE PORTION OF SAID LINER BEING SEALED TOGETHER TO DEFINE, BY THE UNSEALED REMAINDER OF THE PORTION, AN OUTWARDLY NONCONVERGENT PASSAGE CLOSED AT ITS OUTER END BUT COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE PACKAGE AND PERMITTING SAID PASSAGE TO RECEIVE AN INSERTED LESS FLEXIBLE TUBE ABOUT WHICH THE PASSAGE MAY BE SEALED, WHEREBY, WHEN SAID WEAKENED PORTION OF THE OUTER CONTAINER IS RUPTURED TO PROVIDE AN OPENING, AT LEAST THE PASSAGE-CONTAINING SECTION OF THE FOLDED PORTION OF THE LINER MAY EXTEND THERETHROUGH AND, UPON OPENING THE CLOSED OUTER END OF SAID PASSAGE, THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE MAY BE DISCHARGED THERETHROUGH, SAID CONTAINER BEING PROVIDED WITH BOTTOM AND TOP CLOSURES AND AT LEAST ONE SIDE WALL AND THE CLOSED END OF SAID LINER HAVING THE SAID EXTENDABLE PORTION ADJACENT THE BOTTOM CLOSURES, BUT THE WEAKENED PORTION OF SAID CONTAINERS IS LOCATED IN A SIDE WALL ADJACENT THE BOTTOM CLOSURE, WHEREBY, WHEN SAID PACKAGE RESTS ON SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE, THE FLOWABLE CONTENTS WILL DISCHARGE BY GRAVITY THROUGH SAID PASSAGE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
266 words
A DISPENSING PACKAGE COMPRISING A RELATIVELY LESS FLEXIBLE OUTER CONTAINER, A RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE LEAKPROOF LINER INCASED IN SAID CONTAINER, AND FLOWABLE CONTENTS CONTAINED WITHIN SAID LINER, SAID LINER BEING CLOSED AT BOTH ENDS AND HAVING A PORTION OF ONE CLOSED END FOLDED TO PROVIDE AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDABLE PORTION OF SAID LINER COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF, SAID OUTWARDLY EXTENDABLE PORTION BEING CONFINED, BEFORE DISCHARGE OF SAID CONTENTS FROM THE PACKAGE, BETWEEN SAID LINER AND SAID OUTER CONTAINER, A RELATIVELY WEAKENED PORTION OF SAID OUTER CONTAINER OVERLYING SAID EXTENDABLE PORTION OF SAID LINER, AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SAID OUTWARDLY EXTENDABLE PORTION OF SAID LINER BEING SEALED TOGETHER TO DEFINE, BY THE UNSEALED REMAINDER OF THE PORTION, AN OUTWARDLY NONCONVERGENT PASSAGE CLOSED AT ITS OUTER END BUT COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE PACKAGE AND PERMITTING SAID PASSAGE TO RECEIVE AN INSERTED LESS FLEXIBLE TUBE ABOUT WHICH THE PASSAGE MAY BE SEALED, WHEREBY, WHEN SAID WEAKENED PORTION OF THE OUTER CONTAINER IS RUPTURED TO PROVIDE AN OPENING, AT LEAST THE PASSAGE-CONTAINING SECTION OF THE FOLDED PORTION OF THE LINER MAY EXTEND THERETHROUGH AND, UPON OPENING THE CLOSED OUTER END OF SAID PASSAGE, THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE MAY BE DISCHARGED THERETHROUGH, SAID CONTAINER BEING PROVIDED WITH BOTTOM AND TOP CLOSURES AND AT LEAST ONE SIDE WALL AND THE CLOSED END OF SAID LINER HAVING THE SAID EXTENDABLE PORTION ADJACENT THE BOTTOM CLOSURES, BUT THE WEAKENED PORTION OF SAID CONTAINERS IS LOCATED IN A SIDE WALL ADJACENT THE BOTTOM CLOSURE, WHEREBY, WHEN SAID PACKAGE RESTS ON SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE, THE FLOWABLE CONTENTS WILL DISCHARGE BY GRAVITY THROUGH SAID PASSAGE.
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