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US 12,330,325 B2Granted
Frozen liquid container opening system
OwnerKaren Gerstinventor
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Abstract
A frozen liquid container opening system for opening an end of a package containing a frozen liquid includes a pouch being elongated and having an upper end and a lower end. The pouch has the frozen liquid therein and is sealed to retain the frozen liquid therein. An opener is engaged by a user to facilitate opening the upper end of the pouch. A mount is coupled to the housing and removably mounts to the exterior of a refrigerated container.
Claims6
A frozen liquid container opening system comprising:
- a pouch being elongated and having an upper end and a lower end, said pouch having a frozen liquid therein, said pouch being sealed to retain the frozen liquid therein;
- an opener being engagable by a user to facilitate opening said upper end of said pouch;
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- a mount being coupled to said housing and being removably mountable to the exterior of a refrigerated container;
- said opener having a housing including a first wall, a second wall, and a pair of side walls, said first and second walls being coupled to said side walls and being positioned perpendicular relative to said side walls, wherein said housing forms a rectangular shape, said housing having a top end and a bottom end, said first wall being continuous between said side walls, said top end and said bottom end;
- a blade being mounted within said housing to sever said upper end of said pouch from a remainder of said pouch when said upper end is extended into said housing, said blade being positioned on an interior surface of said first wall, wherein a point of said blade is movable toward an inside surface of said second wall by resilient deformation of said first wall;
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- said housing comprising a resiliently flexible material such that said first wall is configured to be resiliently deformed by application of force to said first wall thereby urging said blade towards said second wall.
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A frozen liquid container opening system comprising:
- a pouch being elongated and having an upper end and a lower end, said pouch having a frozen liquid therein, said pouch being sealed to retain the frozen liquid therein;
- an opener being engagable by a user to facilitate opening said upper end of said pouch, said opener including:
- a housing including a first wall, a second wall, and a pair of side walls, said first and second walls being coupled to said side walls and being positioned perpendicular relative to said side walls, wherein said housing forms a rectangular shape, said housing having a top end and a bottom end, said first wall being continuous between said side walls, said top end and said bottom end;
- a blade being mounted within said housing to sever said upper end of said pouch from a remainder of said pouch when said top end is extended into said housing, said blade being positioned on an interior surface of said first wall, wherein a point of said blade is movable toward an inside surface of said second wall when a hand of the user compresses said first wall to cut the pouch between the blade and the second wall;
- a receptacle being removably coupled to said housing and receiving the upper end of the pouch when the upper end is severed from the pouch, said receptacle including a bottom wall and a perimeter wall being coupled to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall, an upper edge of said perimeter wall being removably attached to said bottom end of said housing;
- a mount being coupled to said housing and being removably mountable to the exterior of a refrigerated container, said mount being coupled to an outside surface of said second wall, said mount comprising a magnet;
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- said housing comprising a resiliently flexible material such that said first wall is configured to be resiliently deformed by application of force to said first wall thereby urging said blade towards said second wall, said resiliently flexible material being an elastomeric material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.