Container, Method of Making a Container, and Apparatus for Manufacturing a Container
AssigneeFrugalpac Limited
InventorsPeter GOUGH, Henry SLACK
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Abstract
A container that comprises an outer shell and an inner pouch. The outer shell is made of a paperboard material and it comprises a side wall and a base element, the side wall including a main body portion, a neck portion, and a tapered or curved shoulder portion. The inner pouch is secured to a fitment, and is supported within the shell by the fitment engaged with the neck portion of the shell so that the pouch extends into the main body portion of the shell. The side wall is formed from a single blank that is formed from a flat sheet of paperboard and that includes a single main body panel and a plurality of neck panels extending from the main body panel.
Claims13
A container comprising:
- an outer shell made of a paperboard material, the outer shell comprising a side wall and a base element, the side wall including an elongate, cylindrical main body portion having a first, larger diameter, an elongate, cylindrical neck portion having a second, smaller diameter, and a tapered or curved shoulder portion extending between the neck portion and the main body portion;
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- an inner pouch, the pouch being secured to a fitment to form a pouch assembly, and the pouch being supported within the shell by the fitment engaged with the neck portion of the shell so that the pouch extends into the main body portion of the shell,
- wherein the side wall is formed from a single blank, the blank being formed from a flat sheet of paperboard and including a single main body panel forming the cylindrical main body portion of the shell and a plurality of neck panels extending from the main body panel forming the cylindrical neck portion of the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.