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US 9,950,840 B2Granted
Reclosable battery package
AssigneeDuracell U.S. Operations, Inc.
InventorsArseni Radomyselski, Scott A. Stewart
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Abstract
A reclosable battery package includes a first panel having a first removable portion and a second panel optionally having a second removable portion. A pouch is disposed between the first panel and the second panel. The first panel and the second panel are joined along perimeter edges and a pouch perimeter flange is disposed between the first panel and the second panel. The pouch is slidably movable between the first panel and the second panel when the first removable portion is removed from the first panel to expose contents stored within the pouch.
Claims19
A battery package comprising:
- a first panel, the first panel including a first body having a first main portion, a first removable portion removably attached to the first main portion by a first plurality of perforations, and a center open portion;
- a second panel, the second panel including a second body having a second main portion and a second removable portion removably attached to the second main portion by a second plurality of perforations;
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- a pouch, the pouch having a perimeter flange and a central receptacle, the central receptacle protruding outward, away from the perimeter flange,
- wherein the first body and the second body are joined along perimeter edges of the first body and the second body and the pouch perimeter flange is disposed between the first body and the second body, the central receptacle extending through the center open portion of the first body,
- wherein the pouch is slidably movable between the first main portion and the second main portion when the first removable portion is removed from the first body and the second removable portion is removed from the second body exposing a first edge of the center open portion and a top edge of the pouch, so that an interior portion of the central receptacle is exposed when the pouch is slidably moved relative to the first main portion and to the second main portion, and
- wherein the second plurality of perforations includes an offset set of perforations defining a tab portion that is aligned with a portion of the perimeter flange of the pouch, such that, when the first removable portion and the second removable portion, including the tab portion thereof, are removed from the first and second bodies, a graspable portion of the perimeter flange of the pouch is exposed.
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A battery package comprising:
- a first panel, the first panel including a first body having a first main portion, a first removable portion removably attached to the first main portion, and a center open portion;
- a second panel, the second panel including a second body having a second main portion;
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- a pouch, the pouch having a perimeter flange and a central receptacle, the central receptacle protruding outward, away from the perimeter flange,
- wherein the first body and the second body are joined along perimeter edges of the first body and the second body and the pouch perimeter flange is disposed between the first body and the second body, the central receptacle extending through the center open portion of the first body,
- wherein the pouch is slidably movable between the first main portion and the second main portion when the first removable portion is removed from the first body exposing a first edge of the center open portion and a top edge of the pouch, so that an interior portion of the central receptacle is exposed when the pouch is slidably moved relative to the first main portion and to the second main portion, and
- wherein at least one of the first body and the second body includes a locking channel and the pouch includes a locking tab disposed on the perimeter flange, the locking tab being slidable within the locking channel and the locking channel limiting a slidable distance of the pouch relative to at least one of the first body and the second body.
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A method of opening a package, the method comprising:
- providing a package having a first panel, the first panel including a first body having two sets of opposed side edges and a center open portion;
- a second panel, the second panel including a second body having two sets of opposed side edges;
- and a pouch, the pouch being slidably disposed between the first body and the second body;
- folding portions of the first body and the second body rearward, towards the second body, approximately 180 degrees relative to an unmanipulated plane of the first body and the second body;
- tearing the first body and the second body along perforations formed in the first body and the second body to expose a top edge of the pouch between the first and second bodies, the second body including a tab portion defined by the perforations formed therein such that a graspable portion of a perimeter flange of the pouch is exposed as a result of the first body and the second body being torn along the perforations;
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- sliding the pouch in a first direction relative to the first body and the second body to expose products stored in an interior of the pouch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.