Pouch with rigid handle and supports
AssigneeAmpac Holdings LLC
InventorsSalvatore Pellingra, Allyson Smith
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Abstract
Provided are pouches with rigid handles and/or internal supports and methods of making such pouches. In one aspect, a pouch with internal support includes a flexible pouch including a fitment coupled to a flexible pouch body and at least one inner support piece coupled to the fitment and extending into the inside of the pouch through the interior of the fitment. The fitment includes a fitment inner engagement feature and the at least one inner support piece includes an inner support engagement feature and at least one inner support extending from the inner support engagement feature. The fitment inner engagement feature and inner support engagement feature are interlocked to keep the at least one inner support piece from falling into or out of the flexible pouch body.
Claims59
A pouch with internal support comprising:
- a flexible pouch including a fitment coupled to a flexible pouch body and at least one inner support piece coupled to the fitment and extending into the inside of the pouch through the interior of the fitment,
- wherein said fitment includes a fitment inner engagement feature including an inner lip or groove which runs around the inside of the fitment,
- wherein the at least one inner support piece includes an inner support engagement feature and at least one inner support extending from the inner support engagement feature, wherein the at least one inner support piece is slid into the fitment opening, and wherein the inner support engagement feature has an outside diameter that is smaller than the inside diameter of the fitment, and
- wherein the fitment inner engagement feature and inner support engagement feature are interlocked.
A method of making a pouch with an internal support comprising:
- i) providing a flexible pouch including a fitment coupled to a flexible pouch body and at least one inner support piece, wherein said fitment includes a fitment inner engagement feature including an inner lip or groove which runs around the inside of the fitment, and wherein the at least one inner support piece includes an inner support engagement feature and at least one inner support extending from the inner support engagement feature, and wherein the inner support engagement feature has an outside diameter that is smaller than the inside diameter of the fitment;
- and ii) sliding the inner support piece into the fitment such that the fitment inner engagement feature and the inner support engagement feature interlock to keep the at least one inner support piece from falling into and out of the flexible pouch body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.