Sealable pouch
Assigneehumangear, Inc.
InventorChristopher A. Miksovsky
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Abstract
Sealable pouch assemblies are described. In some embodiments, the sealable pouch assembly includes a soft pouch formed from an elastomeric material. The pouch includes a plurality of spaced apart external protrusions located near a top end of the pouch. A semi-rigid external frame is attachable to the pouch by the protrusions. The frame has a stable closed state and a stable open state. A slider is configured to slide over the external frame with the external frame in the closed state to seal the pouch in a closed pouch state.
Claims23
A sealable pouch assembly comprising:
- a soft pouch formed from an elastomeric material, the pouch including a plurality of spaced apart external protrusions located near a top end of the pouch, the protrusions being integrally formed with the soft pouch from the elastomeric material and each including an overhanging portion;
- a semi-rigid external frame having a stable closed state and a stable open state, the external frame including a plurality of openings, each opening being configured to receive a corresponding one of the pouch protrusions with the overhanging portion of the protrusions gripping the external frame to attach the frame to the pouch;
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- a slider configured to slide over the external frame with the external frame in the closed state to seal the pouch in a closed pouch state.
A sealable pouch assembly comprising:
- a soft pouch formed from an elastomeric material, the pouch including a plurality of spaced apart external protrusions located near a top end of the pouch;
- a semi-rigid external frame having a stable closed state and a stable open state, the external frame including a plurality of rails attached to the pouch by the protrusions;
- a knuckle on a first one of the rails includes a cam and a second one of the rails has a feature that interferes with the knuckle to help provide the stable open and closed states, and
- a slider configured to slide over the external frame with the external frame in the closed state to seal the pouch in a closed pouch state.
A sealable pouch assembly comprising:
- a soft pouch formed from an elastomeric material, the pouch including a plurality of integrally formed, spaced apart, elastomeric external protrusions located near a top end of the pouch;
- a bi-stable semi-rigid external frame having a stable closed state and a stable, substantially hexagonal, open state, and including a pair of rails and a pair of hinges, each rail including a plurality of openings and a pair of intermediate flexures, each opening being configured to receive a corresponding pouch protrusion to facilitate attaching the pouch to the external frame, and wherein a first one of the hinges couples first ends of the rails together and a second one of the hinges couples second ends of the rails together, and wherein each protrusion includes overhangs configured to grip the external frame;
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- a slider configured to slide over the external frame with the external frame in the closed state to seal the pouch in a closed pouch state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.