Container for receiving and storing fluid
AssigneeFirst Element Packaging Inc.
InventorsChris Randall, Melanie Kobelka, Chris Hurlburt
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Abstract
A fluid container system comprises a bottle having bellows and being moveable from an extended position to dispense the fluid to a compressed position with a smaller internal volume than when in the extended position. The fluid container may also include a bladder housed within the bottle for storing the fluid; a valve demountably engageable to the bottle and the bladder, and the valve is capable of being closed to prevent the flow of the fluid and gas, or opened to dispense the fluid and gas. The fluid container may also comprise top and bottom endplates that support the bottle.
Claims25
A container for receiving fluids comprising:
- a. an integrally formed body comprising:
- i. a closed bottom portion;
- ii. a top portion that defines an orifice therethrough, said orifice demountably engageable with a valve component;
- and
- iii. an intermediate portion that extends between the closed bottom portion and the top portion, the intermediate portion defining a bellows that is moveable between an extended position and a compressed position while maintaining structural integrity of the integrally formed body.
The container of claim of 3, wherein the closed bottom portion, the top portion or both define two pairs of endplate-engaging elements.
A system for receiving a fluid comprising:
- a. an integrally formed body that comprises:
- i. a closed bottom portion;
- ii. a top portion that defines an orifice therethrough;
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- iii. an intermediate portion that extends between the closed bottom portion and the top portion, the intermediate portion defining a bellows that is moveable between an extended position and a compressed position while maintaining structural integrity of the integrally formed body;
- b. an endplate that is demountably engageable with either the closed bottom portion, the top portion or both;
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- c. a valve that is sealingly dernountably engageable with the orifice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.