Combination Container And Bag
AssigneeZipbox License, LLC.
InventorsStephen B. BELKO, Neil J. KOZARSKY, Eliot M. KOZARSKY, John A. CAPORASO
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Bag-on-container assemblies and bag-in-container assemblies are disclosed. The container may include a paperboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a top wall. The inside surfaces of the box walls, including the outwardly facing strips, may have a thermal plastic coating thereon. The bag component of each type of assembly may include a closure member for to enable resealing of the bag component.
Claims16
A bag-in-container assembly comprising,
- a container member and
- a resealable, bag member having an open end and a closed end, the container member having an access portion configured to provide an opening in the container member to access the interior of the container member,
- wherein the open end of the bag member is secured to at least one interior surface of the container member at a distance from a bottom of the container within the access portion of the container member.
A method of forming a bag-in-container assembly comprising the steps of:
- providing a mandrel suitable for supporting a bag member and a container member thereon,
- placing the bag member on the mandrel and
- placing the container member over the bag member on the mandrel, and
- applying pressure to the container member to join the bag member to the container member at a distance from a bottom of the container member to yield a bag-in-container assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.