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US 6,953,277 B2Granted
Flowable material mixing bag
AssigneeBanana Bag Limited
InventorsPaul Howard Karslake, Michael John Clark
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Abstract
Flowable materials, such as cement and sand, are mixed by placing the materials to be mixed in an elongate flexible resealable bag having handles at its opposite ends and alternately raising and lowering the handles relative to one another to cause the materials to tumble alternately in opposite directions within the bag. The bag is fashioned to have a greater girth at its center than near its ends.
Claims12
A bag for enabling a flowable solid to be mixed with a liquid, the bag comprising:
- an elongated body with walls formed entirely of a flexible liquid-impermeable material;
- one or more handles attached to a first end and a second end of the elongated body, the one or more handles lying in a plane;
- and
- a resealable mouth for enabling the ingredients to be mixed to be introduced into the elongated body;
- wherein the elongated body is formed to have a greater width in the plane at a center portion of the elongated body that tapers to a smaller width near the first end and the second end.
2 more elements
A mixing package comprising:
- one or more flowable solids contained within an elongate flexible liquid-impermeable bag having a handle at each end for enabling the bag to be gripped manually, the handle at each end lying in a plane;
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- a resealable mouth for allowing a liquid to be added to the contents of the bag, characterized in that the bag is fashioned to have a greater width in the plane at its center that tapers to a smaller width near each end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.