Dispensing package
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsSaid Farha, Sriram Tharmapuram
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Abstract
A seamless collapsible container has a molded finish, configured and adapted for sealing with a closure and, optionally, for attachment to a dispensing apparatus, and a seamless, blow molded body portion, comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, and a wall, where the wall is sufficiently thin to allow the body portion to collapse, and the molded finish and at least an inner layer of the body portion together comprise a seamless, single piece of thermoplastic material. The seamless collapsible container may be used in such applications as a bag-in-box, a carton liner, and a beverage pouch.
Claims20
A seamless collapsible container, comprising:
- a molded finish, configured and adapted for sealing with a closure and, optionally, for attachment to a dispensing apparatus or insertion of a straw;
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- a seamless, blow molded body portion, comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, and a wall, wherein the wall is sufficiently thin to allow the body portion to collapse, and the molded finish and at least an inner layer of the body portion together comprise a seamless, single piece of thermoplastic material.
A bag-in-box, comprising:
- a seamless container comprising:
- a molded finish, configured and adapted for sealing with a closure and, optionally, for attachment to a dispensing apparatus or insertion of a straw;
- and
- a seamless, blow molded body portion, comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, and a wall, wherein the wall is sufficiently thin to allow the body portion to collapse, and the molded finish and at least an inner layer of the body portion together comprise a seamless, single piece of thermoplastic material.
A bag-in-box, comprising:
- a dispenser box and a seamless collapsible container positioned within an interior volume defined by the box, the seamless collapsible container, comprising:
- a molded finish, configured and adapted for sealing with a closure;
- and
- a seamless, blow molded body portion, comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, and a wall, wherein the wall is sufficiently thin to allow the body portion to collapse, and the molded finish and at least an inner layer of the body portion together comprise a seamless, single piece of thermoplastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.