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US 8,297,866 B2Granted
Actuator pouch and method thereof
OwnerDidier de Geryinventor
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Abstract
A pouch comprising a top pouch layer, a bottom pouch layer sealed to the top pouch layer to form a reservoir, wherein the reservoir is configured to hold contents, and an actuator formed from a portion of the top pouch layer, wherein the portion of the top layer is sealed with a corresponding portion of the bottom layer, wherein the actuation of the actuator releases the contents from the reservoir is provided. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided.
Claims11
A pouch comprising:
- a top pouch layer;
- a bottom pouch layer sealed to the top pouch layer to form a reservoir, wherein the reservoir is configured to hold contents;
- and
- an actuator formed from a portion of the top pouch layer, wherein the portion of the top layer is sealed with a corresponding portion of the bottom layer;
- wherein actuation of the actuator breaches a portion of the seal between the top pouch layer and the bottom pouch layer to release the contents from the reservoir.
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A method of packaging a fluid comprising:
- joining a bottom pouch layer with a top pouch layer to form at least one reservoir, wherein each of the at least one reservoirs is configured to hold contents;
- extruding a portion of the top pouch layer to form an actuator, wherein the actuator is formed from an area that does not hold contents;
- and
- actuating the actuator to reveal at least one opening, the at least one opening configured to allow contents to pass through, wherein actuating the actuator breaches a portion of a seal between the top pouch layer and the bottom pouch layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.