Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drinks pouch
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Application No.: US16466684Application Date: 2017-12-05
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Publication No.: US11548712B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Julian Nash , Ryan Horn , Cyril Norman Phillips
- Applicant: HandiPak Holdings Ltd
- Applicant Address: GB Bexleyheath
- Assignee: HandiPak Holdings Ltd
- Current Assignee: HandiPak Holdings Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bexleyheath
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Priority: GB1620689 20161205,GB1710293 20170628,GB1710296 20170628,GB1710298 20170628,GB1710300 20170628
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/000173 WO 20171205
- International Announcement: WO2018/104692 WO 20180614
- Main IPC: B65D75/54
- IPC: B65D75/54 ; B65D75/58 ; B65D77/28 ; B65D75/00

Abstract:
A fully sealed pouch containing a drink is provided with a straw within the pouch accessible to allow a user to draw drink from the pouch. The pouch defines a top portion, a bottom portion, and respective side edges interconnecting the top portion and the bottom portion. A corner portion is defined between the top portion and one side edge, the corner portion being openable by a user to access the straw. The pouch forms a closed cavity containing the drink, the cavity being defined by the top portion, the bottom portion, and side edges and by at least one wall defining a front face and a rear face for the cavity. The front and rear faces are connected together in the top portion. The front and rear faces are continuous with each other at, or are connected along, the other of the side edges. The front and rear faces are connected, optionally via a gusset, to provide the bottom portion. The one side edge is formed by a first heat seal connecting the front and rear faces; and a second heat seal connects the front and rear faces and extends in an incomplete fashion from the top portion to the bottom portion, being spaced inboard of the first heat seal. The second heat seal divides the interior of the cavity into major and minor portions interconnected so that drink may flow between them, the minor portion lying between the first and second heat seals, and the straw being located within this minor portion. A number of different ways are described in which the corner portion may be opened along a line of weakness formed in the pouch and extending generally parallel to the bottom portion from the first heat seal to and ending at the second heat seal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190337701A1 DRINKS POUCH Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
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