Dispensing package
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsSaid Farha, Sriram R. Tharmapuram, Nina Tarley
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Abstract
A seamless collapsible container has a molded finish, configured and adapted for sealing with a closure and, optionally, for attachment to a dispensing apparatus, and a seamless, blow molded body portion, comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, and a wall, where the wall is sufficiently thin to allow the body portion to collapse, and the molded finish and at least an inner layer of the body portion together comprise a seamless, single piece of thermoplastic material. The seamless collapsible container may be used in such applications as a bag-in-box, a carton liner, and a beverage pouch.
Claims25
A method of making a seamless collapsible container, the method comprising:
- obtaining a thermoplastic preform, having an inner surface and an outer surface, and comprising a finish portion and a body portion, wherein the finish portion is configured and adapted for attachment to a closure for sealing the body portion and, optionally, for attachment to a dispensing apparatus;
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- blow molding the body portion of the preform in a blow mold without significantly altering the finish portion to provide a seamless container having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a wall sufficiently thin for the container to be collapsible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.