# US 10,369,288 B2 · Sealing container > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,369,288 B2 - Document ID: US10369288B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/682,895 - Filed: 2017-08-22 - Published: 2017-12-07 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-15 - Applicants: Norimoto Okabe - Inventors: Norimoto Okabe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369288B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/28: Syringe ampoules or carpules, i.e. ampoules or carpules provided with a needle - A61M 5/282: {by compression of deformable ampoule or carpule wall} - B65D 25/20: External fittings (of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/44) - B65D 25/42: Integral or attached nozzles or spouts - B65D 51/22: having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure - B65D 51/226: {the piercing or cutting means being non integral with, or not fixedly attached to, the outer closure} - B65D 73/0078: {the articles being retained or enclosed in a folded-over or doubled card (B65D75/20 takes precedence)} - B65D 75/32: one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents - B65D 75/52: Details - B65D 75/5877: {connected to a planar surface of the package wall} - B65D 75/70: Rigid cutting or tearing devices - B65D 77/068: {Spouts formed separately from the container} - B65D 77/40: Rigid cutting or tearing devices - B65D 83/771: {for dispensing fluent contents by means of a flexible bag or a deformable membrane or diaphragm} - B65D 2251/0015: of the 41-type - B65D 2251/0093: Membrane - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract A sealing container is designed to enable a user to adjust the timing of discharging the contents. The sealing container includes: a bag-shaped member for accommodating the contents therein, a sealing film for sealing the bag-shaped member, an opening means so configured that at least a part of which is movable toward the sealing film and is capable of opening the sealing film, an operation unit for performing an operation of moving the opening means, and a discharge means configured to be capable of discharging the contents from the bag-shaped member at a timing different from a timing at which the opening means penetrates the sealing film by operating the operation unit. It is possible for the user to perform only the operation of opening the sealing film by operating the operation unit, so that the user is able to arbitrarily adjust the timing at which the content is discharged from the bag-shaped member of the sealing container. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sealing container, comprising: a bag-shaped member for accommodating contents therein, a sealing film for sealing the bag-shaped member, an opening means so configured that at least a part of which is movable by being pushed toward the sealing film and is capable of opening the sealing film, an operation unit configured to be capable of conducting an operation to move the opening means, a front chamber into which the contents discharged from the opening formed in the sealing film by the opening means enter, a discharge pipe having a discharge port for discharging the contents outward from the front chamber, a plate-shaped member to which the bag-shaped member is attached and is configured to be bendable, and a protection means that is provided on the plate-shaped member and is configured to cover the operation unit when the plate-shaped member is bent to be in a transporting state, wherein when the plate-shaped member is bent to be in a use state, which is by being bent in an opposite direction from the transporting state, the protection means is separated from the operation unit for conducting the operation to move the opening means, and the plate-shaped member sandwiches at least a part of the bag-shaped member when the plate-shaped member is bent to raise a pressure of the contents and to discharge the contents from the bag-shaped member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sealing container as defined in claim 1, further comprising: a moving means for moving at least a part of the opening means penetrating the sealing film toward a direction to separate the part of the opening means from the sealing film. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The sealing container as defined in claim 1, further comprising: a space forming unit which forms a space inside the bag-shaped member to secure an entering length by which the opening means enters the bag-shaped member when the opening means penetrates through the sealing film and to prevent the opening means from coming into contact with an inner surface of the bag-shaped member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The sealing container as defined in claim 1, wherein the opening means has a linearly shaped blade at least a part of which is bent and a cut is formed in the sealing film by the blade. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The sealing container as defined in claim 1, further comprising: a confirmation means configured to be capable of allowing the user to confirm that the contents have entered the front chamber. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The sealing container as defined in claim 1, further comprising: a check valve means for preventing reverse flow of the contents that are flowing from the front chamber toward the discharge port. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The sealing container as defined in claim 1, wherein the front chamber is formed by the sealing film and an operation film which is disposed to face the sealing film to be parallel with each other when viewed from a side and covers the opening means in such a state where the opening means can be operable. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The sealing container as defined in claim 1, further comprising: a storage means which is provided to the plate-shaped member so as to be capable of swinging with respect to the discharge pipe and is configured to be capable of storing at least a part of the discharge pipe when the plate-shaped member is bent to be in the transporting state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The sealing container as defined in claim 1, further comprising: an opening unit which is contained by the plate-shaped member and is closed by the sealing film, a frame provided around the opening unit, and an operation film which is disposed at a position to face the sealing film to be parallel with each other when viewed from a side and covers the opening means in a state where the opening means can be operable, wherein the front chamber is a space surrounded by the sealing film, the frame, and the operation film. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The sealing container as defined in claim 9, wherein, under a plan view of the plate-shaped member, the opening means has a plate shape extending from a part of an inner peripheral surface of the frame toward an inside of the frame and has a blade on a tip side of the plate shape for forming a cut in the sealing film, and wherein the opening means is configured to be able to swing around a base end side thereof as a fulcrum. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The sealing container as defined in claim 10, wherein, under a plan view of the plate-shaped member, the blade is formed in a U-shape and is provided on an edge at the tip side of the opening means. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The sealing container as defined in claim 1, further comprising: a first bent portion for bending a first plate portion at which the bag-shaped member is attached to the plate-shaped member and a second plate portion adjacent to the first plate portion, a second bent portion which bends the plate-shaped member into the second plate portion and a cover plate portion adjacent to the second plate portion separately, and a storage means provided in the plate-shaped member for storing at least a part of the discharge pipe, wherein when the plate-shaped member is bent around the first bent portion, at least a part of the bag-shaped member is sandwiched between the first plate portion and the second plate portion to raise the pressure of the contents in the bag-shaped member, thereby discharging the contents, and wherein when the plate-shaped member is bent around the second bent portion, the discharge pipe is sandwiched between the second plate portion and the cover plate portion, whereby the discharge pipe is stored in the storage means. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The sealing container as defined in claim 12, wherein the protection means provided on the cover plate portion covers the operation unit when the plate-shaped member is bent around the second bent portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The sealing container as defined in claim 1, wherein the bag-shaped member is a discharge means which is capable of discharging the contents by being applied thereto the pressure at a timing different from a timing at which the opening means penetrates through the sealing film by the operation of the operation unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The sealing container as defined in claim 1, wherein the sealing container is a pre-filled syringe, and wherein the discharge pipe, under a plan view of the plate-shaped member, is an injection needle of the pre-filled syringe, and is provided at a position displaced to one side from a center position in a width direction of the plate-shaped member.