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US 4,629,080 AGranted
Container such as a nursing container, having formed enclosure chamber for a dispensing member
AssigneeBaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
InventorPeter C. Carveth
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Abstract
A disposable, ready-to-use container such as a nursing container is provided which includes infant formula or other substance to be stored and a nipple or other, dispensing member which is segregated from the environment until use by means of an enclosure chamber. The enclosure chamber is formed by extending the container sheets or wall around the nipple. The enclosure chamber includes a manually breakable line of securement to access the enclosure chamber and the nipple.
Claims12
A nursing container comprising:
- (a) a first sheet;
- (b) a second, diaphragm sheet sealed about at least a portion of its peripehry to said first sheet and to a third sheet, said second, diaphragm sheet being intermediate said first sheet and said third sheet;
- (c) said first sheet and said third sheet sealed about their entire peripheries and forming the exterior wall of said container,
- (d) nipple means including a base and a nipple, between said first and second sheets, said first and second sheets being secured to the periphery of said base at a base seal;
- (e) said sheets defining a storage chamber on the base-side of said nipple means for storage of a substance to be delivered through said nipple;
- (f) said sheets extending beyond said base seal, on the nipple-side of said nipple means, opposite said storage chamber, said sheets being secured together on the nipple-side of said nipple means to define an enclosure chamber for said nipple means, there being no communication between said storage chamber and said enclosure chamber at said base seal, said enclosure chamber enclosing said nipple means on said nipple-side, segregating said nipple means from the environment;
- (g) said enclosure chamber being further defined by a manually breakable line of securement between said first sheet and said second, diaphragm sheet to selectively separate said first and second sheets on said nipple-side to open said enclosure chamber, providing access to said nipple.
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A container for a substance, comprising:
- (a) a first sheet;
- (b) a second, diaphragm sheet sealed about at least a portion of its periphery to said first sheet and to a third sheet, said second, diaphragm sheet being intermediate said first sheet and said third sheet;
- (c) said first sheet and said third sheet sealed about their entire peripheries and forming the exterior wall of said container;
- (d) access means including a base and a dispensing member, between said first and second sheets, said first and second sheets being secured to the periphery of said base at a base seal;
- (e) said sheets defining a storage chamber on the base-side of said access means for storage of a substance to be delivered through said dispensing member;
- (f) said sheets extending beyond said base seal, on the dispensing member-side of said access means, opposite said storage chamber, said sheets being secured together on the dispensing member-side of said access means to define an enclosure chamber for said access means, there being no communication between said storage chamber and said enclosure chamber at said base seal, said enclosure chamber enclosing said access means on said dispensing member-side, segregating said access means from the environment;
- (g) said enclosure chamber being further defined by a manually breakable line of securement between said first sheet and said second, diaphragm sheet to selectively separate said first and second sheets on said dispensing member-side to open said enclosure chamber, providing access to said dispensing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.