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US 2014/0044381 A1Published application
Pouch, method of manufacturing a pouch and a method of dispensing a product from a pouch
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsDavid C. Ulstad, Robert Alan Miller, JR., Terrence B. Mazer, Wilson George Zeitler
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Abstract
A single-use pouch (10) for liquid product has a front panel (12) and a back panel (14). The front and back panels at least in part cooperatively define an interior space (15) of the pouch. The interior space has a total liquid capacity. A volume of liquid product is contained within the interior space. The volume of liquid product is less than about 60% of the total liquid capacity of the pouch.
Claims21
1-15. (canceled)
A single-use pouch comprising:
- a web folded to form a pouch having a front panel, a back panel, a top edge, a bottom edge, and two side edges, wherein the top edge, the bottom edge and one of the two side edges are sealed, the other of the two side edges is a fold line, and the front panel and the back panel define an interior space;
- and
- a liquid product contained in the interior space;
- wherein the interior space includes a body and a spout, one side of the spout defined by the fold line, and the spout in fluid communication with the body and through which the product is dispensed from the pouch.
1 more element
A single-use pouch comprising:
- a multi-layer plastic sheet folded to form a pouch having a front panel, a back panel, a top edge, a bottom edge, and two side edges, wherein the top edge, the bottom edge and one of the two side edges are sealed, the other of the two side edges is a fold line, and the front panel and the back panel define an interior space;
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- an aseptically processed liquid product contained in the interior space;
- wherein the interior space includes a body and a spout, one side of the spout defined by the fold line, and the spout in fluid communication with the body, wherein the fold line acts as a channel to guide liquid product from the body towards an opposite end of the spout.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.