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US 8,408,793 B2Granted
Flexible container for pourable product
AssigneeKellogg Company
InventorThomas J. Martuch
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Abstract
A flexible container for containing a quantity of pourable product is disclosed herein. The flexible container includes a bag having a first closed end and a second closed end and a wall extending between the first closed end and the second closed end to define a closed cavity. The flexible container also includes a plurality of tearable score lines in the bag spaced from one another to define a plurality of differently configured intended openings in the bag.
Claims12
A flexible container for containing a quantity of pourable product comprising:
- a bag having a first closed end and a second closed end and a wall extending between said first closed end and said second closed end to define a closed cavity;
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- a plurality of tearable score lines in said bag extending along endless paths and spaced from one another to define a plurality of differently configured intended openings in said bag;
- at least one of said plurality of tearable score lines having a primary score line and back-up score line closely spaced to one another and extending substantially parallel to one another, wherein each of said primary score line and said back-up score line extend along an endless path in an outer surface of said bag;
- wherein said plurality of tearable score lines include a first score line extending about a corner of said bag, including a first portion of one of said first and second ends and a first portion of said wall, to define a pour spout for pouring the pourable product from the flexible container, and a second score line spaced from said first score line and extending around at least a second portion of said wall and a second portion of one of said first and second ends to define a display opening for exposing the pourable product in the flexible container.
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