Abstract: A flexible package for dispensing fluid or semi-fluid items. The package includes a top proximal portion and a bottom distal portion. A leash is defined within a side edge panel and extends from the proximal portion to the distal portion. A user tears the top proximal portion at a tear notch adjacent the proximal portion and then tears the top portion down along the leash in order to keep the top portion coupled to the package and allowing for removal of the package's contents.

Abstract: The invention concerns a packaging tube for pasty product, comprising a tubular skirt extending along an axial direction and sealed by swaging at the end of the tube, and a head located at the other end of the tube, the head including a dispensing passage and a neck forming a radial extension of the dispensing passage, the neck being connected to the skirt by a connecting surface. The skirt and the connecting surface have, respectively, a circumference and a radius of curvature such that the ratio of the circumference over the radius is not more than 20.

Abstract: A dispensing closure is provided for attachment to the discharge port of a standard circular-headed tube. The closure comprises a skirt with a circular cross-sectional shape at its base that merges gradually to an oval-shaped face at its top. When the closure is attached to a standard circular-headed tube, with the long axis of the oval face oriented substantially parallel to the straight crimped edge of the filled tube, the combination of closure and tube appears to the ordinary observer to have a continuously oval cross-sectional shape throughout the length of the combination. The dispensing closure can be manufactured using typical injection-molding techniques, and may be adapted for use with dispensing mechanisms and attachment means known in the personal care products industry.

Abstract: An aperture forming structure for a sealed containment and dispensing package for flowable products is provided. The structure includes a breakaway tip member of thermoformable plastic. In one embodiment a cap may be integrally formed with the aperture forming structure and may be used to protect the tip member or for reclosing the aperture. An alternative embodiment relates to a pouch, wherein a flap member portion of the pouch is folded over and sealingly attached to the body of the pouch. When the flap member portion is pulled away from the body, an outlet aperture is produced through the surface of the pouch.

Abstract: A device for storing and control delivery of a pressurized product in which the valve (3) that connects the outer and inner containers, has a housing connecting the outer and inner containers (1), a piston (11), and a sealing region which is formed a stop surface (19) provided on the outer container (1) and facing in a direction opposite to a delivery direction of the pressurized product (16), a sealing surface (12) provided on the valve piston (11) and facing in the delivery direction, and a valve sealing ring (14) located between the stop surface (19) of the outer container and the sealing surface (12) of the valve piston (11), with the valve sealing region being arranged in an interior of the inner container (2).

Abstract: A pillow or sachet disposable dispenser in which a container has a relatively rigid flexible spine adhered to an inside surface of one of the flexible sheet that form the container with a protrusion extending through an aperture in the sheet. The protrusion has a line of weakness that will rupture when flexed providing an opening through which the material in the container can be expelled.

Abstract: A multilayer container for dispensing product that includes a relatively rigid outer body and a relatively flexible inner liner for holding product to be dispensed. The relatively rigid outer body includes, and preferably consists essentially of, an outer layer of virgin polyethylene such as HDPE, and an inner thicker layer that includes polyethylene regrind. The relatively flexible inner liner includes, and preferably consists essentially of, an outer delamination layer adjacent to the inner layer of the body and composed of nylon, nylon blends or EVOH, an inner layer of polyethylene such as LLDPE, and an adhesive securing the inner and outer layers of the liner. The relatively thin outer HDPE layer on the plastic body provides desired appearance, while the thicker inner layer provides structural rigidity using reground plastics.

Abstract: An aperture forming structure, which when attached to or integrally formed in dispenser packages for flowable substances allows reclosure and single or multiple uses. The aperture forming structure includes a break away tip member of thermoformable plastic. The break away tip includes a hollow protrusion from a surface. The intersection of the hollow protrusion and the surface is a fault line. Rupturing of the fault line creates an aperture from which the contents of the dispenser package may exit. A cap may be integrally formed with the aperture forming structure and detached for protecting the hollow protrusion or for closing the aperture created when the fault line is ruptured. The aperture forming structure can be made by heating a relatively stiff substantially flat thermoformable sheet of and then stretching the sheet to create a first and a second hollow protrusion in a tiered configuration. A rupture line is placed at the intersection of the first and the second protrusions.

Abstract: A soft, non sharp toothpaste container for use after inspection for tampering and having a clear packet sized to include sufficient toothpaste gel for one brushing. A toothpaste gel is put in the packet, the gel being essentially transparent. The packet is sealed during manufacture to prevent insertion of additional contents without visible violation of the packet. The packet may contain printing that is sufficiently clear to permit visual inspection of the packet prior to use. When the packet is formed as a toothpaste tube having a removable cap, the cap and body of the tube are soft and flexible. Otherwise, the packet includes a score cut to permit opening by tearing on the score cut.

Abstract: An improved dispensing pouch is provided having a flexible and collapsible container consisting of a pair of tapered side walls (14). A nozzle (12) is disposed at the lower end of the flexible container and heat sealed thereto. A removable end cap (26) is preferably snap-fit on to the nozzle and held in place by a retainer ring (30) or a nozzle with integral scaling threads (20). The side walls of the icing container are preferably heat sealed about the perimeter and on to the nozzle to effect a leak-proof container for the contents contained within.

Abstract: A soft, non sharp toothpaste container for use after inspection for tampering and having a clear packet sized to include sufficient toothpaste gel for one brushing. A toothpaste gel is put in the packet, the gel being essentially transparent. The packet is sealed during manufacture to prevent insertion of additional contents without visible violation of the packet. The packet may contain printing that is sufficiently clear to permit visual inspection of the packet prior to use. When the packet is formed as a toothpaste tube having a removable cap, the cap and body of the tube are soft and flexible. Otherwise, the packet includes a score cut to permit opening by tearing on the score cut.

Abstract: A dispenser for releasing a debilitating substance into a user's hand comprises an outer layer defining a cavity therein wherein the outer layer further defines a plurality of holes therethrough communicating the cavity with an exterior of said dispenser. At least one sharp projection extends from the outer layer into the cavity. A pouch is positioned within the cavity proximate to the at least one sharp projection wherein the pouch contains a debilitating substance.

Abstract: A container for packaging a product includes a casing made of a first material, and at least one deform able part in contact with the product and made of a second material with a lesser rigidity than the first material. The container is configured so that a pressure exerted on the deformable part causes a deformation of the latter and a displacement of the product towards the opening of the container. The deformable part can return to its undeformed shape when the pressure is released.

Abstract: A package has a container containing therein contents including a moisture-sensitive substance. The container is provided, on the outside surface of the main sidewall portion thereof, with a metal foil-containing laminated film by welding so that the laminant film may cover at least the whole surface of the main sidewall portion. At least the sidewall portion of the container is preferably made of a molded polyolefin substrate having thickness of not less than 100 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A fitment has walls with a spout aperture therebetween. Reduced wall thickness results in a reduced amount of plastic in the fitment. An alternative embodiment uses radially extending meltable fins. During installation in asealing apparatus, a heated mandrel engages the inner diameter of the spout aperture thereby pre-heating and physically supporting the fitment during the installation process. The heated mandrel typically engages the fitment at least one cycle prior to be installed. The fitment may be canoe-shaped.

Abstract: A collapsible bag for dispensing liquids which includes at least one sheet sealed to define an enclosure and a fitment (spout) attached to the enclosure and out through which liquid in the enclosure is dispensed. An interior surface of the one or more sheets has integral texture to assist in withdrawal of the liquid from the enclosure when collapsed. The texture can be provided by sheet surfaces that are mechanically or ultrasonically embossed or are bubble-cushioned or which have sealed pleats or accordion folds. The bottom surface of a lower flange of the fitment may have concentric ridges (or spirals) and/or radial grooves. Also disclosed are methods of making the bag from one, two, three or four sheets.

Abstract: Oxygen scavenging compositions comprising at least one reducible organic compound which is reduced under predetermined conditions, the reduced form of the compound being oxidisable by molecular oxygen, wherein the reduction and/or subsequent oxidation of the organic compound occurs independent of the presence of a transition metal catalyst. Uses for the above compounds provide a flexible packaging material, a carton, a bag-in-box package, a thermoformed tray, cup or tub, a resin for blow-moulding, an overwrap, shrinkwrap, tight label or coating, a closure liner and a can.

Abstract: A fluid product sample is provided in the form of a substantially flat dispenser. A preferred embodiment includes (1) at least one thermoformed shell forming part of a reservoir and defining a deformable actuation wall; (2) an additional element, such as a capsule-forming substrate or film or a thermoformed shell for finishing off the reservoir, with the reservoir formed in this way containing at least a gas; (3) a spray orifice through which the fluid is sprayed; (4) a porous material piece which is capable of retaining a quantity of fluid and which is disposed upstream from the spray orifice; and (5) a support member fixed to the thermoformed shell to hold the porous material piece in place. The spray orifice is formed by the support member.

Abstract: A flexible polymeric container for storing and dispensing liquids includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected together to define a fluid chamber therebetween. The first sidewall and the second sidewall each have an inner surface facing the fluid chamber and an opposed outer surface. A fitment is attached to an outer surface of one of the first sidewall or the second sidewall. The fitment has an opening therethrough which has an axis substantially perpendicular to the outer surface. A plurality of objects on the inner surface of one of the first sidewall or the second sidewall defines a plurality of pathways having at least a first pathway and a second pathway intersecting one another.

Abstract: An aseptic container (10) for use in aseptic packaging system, said container having a wall (12) which encloses a volume in which the material to be packaged will be received, a generally cylindrical gland (14) fitted to said wall, said gland having an inner sealing surface (22) which is in communication with said volume, and an outer sealing surface (28), and a passage (16) through the gland, the inner and outer sealing surfaces (22, 28) extending around said passage (16), an inner sealing membrane (24) adapted to seal with said inner sealing face (22) of the gland, an outer sealing membrane (30) adapted to seal said outer sealing face (28) of the gland, and connection formations (32) formed on the gland for securing a filling or dispensing head or nozzle (34) to the gland in use, wherein said outer sealing membrane (30) being secured to a collar (18) that is adapted to be secured to said gland (14) via said connection formations (32).

Abstract: There is a tube container that is resistant to water infiltration into the cavity between the head and the cap. The tube container has a body wall and a head. The body wall defines a chamber therein. The head has a shoulder, which has an orifice therethrough in communication with the chamber. The shoulder has a ridge extending therefrom adjacent its periphery. The ridge substantially blocks the infiltration of water when the cap is secured to the head.

Abstract: An ampule having flexible walls with a zone which is programmed to promulgate collapse. The ampule includes an opening that is adapted to dock with a fluid receiving device such as a syringe in air tight sealing engagement. The collapse of the ampule is engineered to occur before breaking the seal that exists between the opening of the ampule and the docking syringe luer tip to ensure sterile transfer of fluid without contamination, especially from ambient air.

Abstract: A self-standing type bag-shaped vacuum container has a self-standing container including a wall formed of a soft sheet, a pouring port, and a check valve mounted in the pouring port. The check valve is opened to allow the migration of a content of the container when subjected to a pressure in the pouring direction, but is closed when subjected to a pressure in a filling direction, so that the inside of the container is evacuated. The self-standing container can be optimized for storing beverages or the like which are negatively effected by contact with air, because the content will be oxidized with the air. The vacuum type container will not lose its self-standing property even if the content is reduced, and can stand stably by itself.

Abstract: A container for a polarizable gas includes an elongate container sheet having a laminate of a sealing layer and a barrier layer, a sealed container cavity defined by the container sheet by perimetrically sealing the sealing layer upon itself so as to enclose the container cavity, and a quantity of a polarizable gas within the container cavity. A method of evacuating the polarzable gas from the container includes evacuating the passageway of a fitting attached to the container prior to puncturing the container and evacuating its contents through the fitting.

Abstract: Fluid product dispenser, including a fluid product pack (2) defining a fluid product container, a dispensing orifice, and a removable sealing part (25) sealing the dispensing orifice; and a case (1) wherein the fluid product pack (2) is inserted by sliding so as to take the pack out of its case to remove the removable sealing part. The fluid dispenser also includes a stopping feature (16, 26, 265) to limit the sliding of the pack in the case.

Abstract: A flexible polymeric container for storing and dispensing liquids includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected together to define a fluid chamber therebetween. The first sidewall and the second sidewall each have an inner surface facing the fluid chamber and an opposed outer surface. A fitment is attached to an outer surface of one of the first sidewall or the second sidewall. The fitment has an opening therethrough which has an axis substantially perpendicular to the outer surface. A plurality of objects on the inner surface of one of the first sidewall or the second sidewall defines a plurality of pathways having at least a first pathway and a second pathway intersecting one another.

Abstract: A single use glue dispensing package including a plurality of individual packets removably coupled together to form a single sheet. Each of the individual packets have a free outer edge and opposed side edges. Each of the packets have a pouch formed therein. Each pouch holds a small quantity of glue therein, and is lined with a preservative for preventing the glue from hardening while in the pouch. Each pouch has tapered outer ends abutting the free outer edge of the of the packets. The free outer edge is formed with a lateral perforation whereby the removal of the free outer edge will open the tapered outer ends of the pouches to allow the glue to be removed therefrom.

Abstract: A dispenser, in the form of a sachet, made from a water-soluble plastics material, containing a personal care composition including at least one surfactant together with an effervescent base material, the base material including any material or combination of materials that when in contact with a sufficient amount of water liberates gas.

Abstract: A container including a tube member having a truck portion which is elastically squeezable, and a wide-mouthed neck portion extending upwardly from the trunk portion, a top wall closing a top surface of the neck portion and having a discharge port, said top wall also having a peripheral portion connected to a top end of the neck portion, from which the peripheral portion is made undetachably, and a cover plate connected by a hinge to the neck portion and having a plug for closing the discharge port, the plug depending from an underside of the cover plate, wherein the top wall has a first breaking line which is formed within the peripheral portion of the top wall, and a knob for tearing the first breaking line, said knob is formed on the top wall within the first breaking line.

Abstract: A self-standing type bag-shaped vacuum container has a self-standing container including a wall formed of a soft sheet, a pouring port, and a check valve mounted in the pouring port. The check valve is opened to allow the migration of a content of the container when subjected to a pressure in the pouring direction, but is closed when subjected to a pressure in a filling direction, so that the inside of the container is evacuated. The self-standing container can be optimized for storing beverages or the like which are negatively effected by contact with air, because the content will be oxidized with the air. The vacuum type container will not lose its self-standing property even if the content is reduced, and can stand stably by itself.

Abstract: Product packaging is provided with a shell forming at least one portion in relief and a sealing film connected to the shell except at the one portion in relief, so as to form at least one product reservoir. The shell is covered at least in part by a flap. The flap is integral with or secured to the shell and/or the film via two opposite edges.

Abstract: A tubular reservoir for wear on a finger contains a deterrent to ward off an assailant. A housing, defining the reservoir, collapses upon flexing of the finger to propel the deterrent for nozzle discharge. A cap is carried by a retainer which is rapidly dislodged by a finger adjacent the finger worn device.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing product capable of flowing out of a bag which contains a supply chamber, an apportioning chamber, a connecting passage between the chambers and a discharge passage. The bag can be suspended in the dispensing apparatus. A squeezing device of the dispensing apparatus contains an abutment wall, against which the bag butts, and hand-actuated pressure-exerting parts, including a hand lever and a pressure-exerting pivoting member, which clamp in the bag in the region of the apportioning chamber and squeeze it out in the direction of the discharge passage.

Abstract: Copolymers of ethylene and alpha olefins that have been formed by the polymerization reaction in the presence of a single site catalyst, such as a metallocene, are used to form collapsible dispensing containers and/or components thereof. Blends of the copolymers with propylene polymers are disclosed and used to form a body wall layer or a collapsible dispensing container head having good bond strength with a body wall layer formed of an ethylene polymer. Methods for improving the adhesion between collapsible dispensing container components, such as between body wall layer formed of an ethylene polymer and another body wall layer formed of a propylene polymer, or between a body wall layer formed of an ethylene polymer and a collapsible dispensing container head formed of a propylene polymer, are also disclosed.

Abstract: A dispenser device for dispensing a fluid substance in spray form, said device comprising a reservoir (13) containing the fluid substance to be dispensed, and a spray orifice (16), said reservoir (13) including at least one actuating wall (131) that can be deformed by applying a pressing force (F) so as to reduce the internal volume of the reservoir (13) and thus to exert a pressure on the fluid substance so as to deliver it through the spray orifice (16), said dispenser device being characterized in that said at least one actuating wall (131) has a predetermined threshold of resistance to deformation that must be overcome in order to deform it.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure element for a packing for receiving liquid or paste-like material, in particular for a film bag. For an easy opening and re-closing of a closure element which requires little space and tightly closes a packing microbiologically also after the filling process, the closure element comprises a tiltable spout with a spout channel and a spout opening which is closed by the spout in a first tilt position and communicates in a second tilt position of the spout with the spout channel thereof, the spout being connected in the area of the spout opening to a membrane which closes the spout opening and is torn open upon a tilting movement of the spout.

Abstract: A synthetic resin tube container is formed to have a shortened neck portion and to eliminate an overlapping double wall in a structure for mounting a cap to the neck portion. The tube container comprises a container body and a cover plate. The container body has a trunk portion from which the neck portion is extending upwardly through an inward flanged wall. The upper surface of the neck portion is closed by a top wall with a discharge port. A fitting recessed groove is formed circumferentially on the inward flanged wall. The cover plate is connected via a hinge to an insert cylinder which is fitted into the fitting recessed groove.

Abstract: An automatically opening pour spout fitment to be applied to a container over location where the container wall has a weakened area. The automatically opening fitment is comprised of a cap which is threadably attached to the fitment and which has a depending cam extending downward from the top wall. The fitment is comprised of a annular sidewall which defines a pouring zone and which provides a boundary for a hinged flap. The flap has an upwardly extending cam follower which is engaged by the cam of the cap such that when the cap is removed from the fitment, the cam initially applies a horizontal force on the cam follower to open the package to which the fitment is attached to.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser assembly characterized in that it comprises:

Abstract: A pouch style containment and dispensing package for flowable products is provided. The package comprises at least three layers of thin materials selected from a group of materials including heat sealable plastic films, metal foils, oxygen barrier films, plastic moisture barrier films, adhesives, coextrudable plastics and high strength plastics. The package includes an aperture or aperture forming means and a flap portion that is folded over and sealed to cover the aperture or aperture forming means, so that when the flap portion is folded back and away, an aperture is exposed or created. The layers may be selected so that a contact face of the flap member is sealed at a lower temperature than a sealing temperature for forming edge seals on the inner product contacting wall layers. Also, one layer may comprise a high strength layer that will not lose a significant amount of strength at temperatures substantially higher than the edge sealing temperature.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir (111) of variable volume, and a dispensing orifice (130), said reservoir being provided with at least one deformable actuating wall (112) urged by resilient means (15) into a rest position corresponding to the reservoir having its maximum volume, said dispenser being characterized in that the resilient means (15) are situated outside the reservoir (111), not in contact with the fluid.

Abstract: A device for storing and control delivery of a pressurized product in which the valve (3) that connects the outer and inner containers, has a housing connecting the outer and inner containers (1), a piston (11), and a sealing region which is formed a stop surface (19) provided on the outer container (1) and facing in a direction opposite to a delivery direction of the pressurized product (16), a sealing surface (12) provided on the valve piston (11) and facing in the delivery direction, and a valve sealing ring (14) located between the stop surface (19) of the outer container and the sealing surface (12) of the valve piston (11), with the valve sealing region being arranged in an interior of the inner container (2).

Abstract: A first thread of an external screw member is received inside an outlet of the plastic container. The external screw member has a first cylindrical body with a first axial penetrating opening for dispensing contents of the container by passing through the opening. The external screw member is engaged with the internal screw member. The outlet of the plastic container is caught between the external screw member and internal screw member. To easily insert the plastic container, a lower part of the first thread of the external screw member has a larger diameter than an upper part. The second penetrating opening of the internal screw member is opened or closed by opening or closing the covering member. Therefore, the contents of the container can be easily and cleanly dispensed by opening the covering member and then by pouring out the contents. Thereafter the container can be stored with the covering member shut tightly.

Abstract: The invention concerns a tube (1) provided with a head (10) and a skirt (2) having an orthogonal cross section of particular shape whereof the largest inscribed circle has a diameter D. The head designed for fixing of a rigid closure is provided with a circular cylindrical wall (11) extending towards the inside of the tube and enclosing an orifice concentric to said inscribed circle and having a large diameter, typically more than 0.8*D and takes up substantially the internal volume of the skirt (2) end over a height less than D, preferably less than D/3. The invention also concerns a closure element (20), in particular a convenience closure (200), adapted to be fixed substantially irreversibly on the inventive tube head comprising a base (21) whereof the external outline matches the shape of the orthogonal cross section of said tube skirt (2) and provided with a skirt whereof the diameter ranges between 0.5*D and 0.

Abstract: A cartridge for a fluid dispensing apparatus, comprises a film shell having a tubular shape; and a film bottom member. The film bottom member is provided at the rear end of the film shell in the longitudinal direction thereof. The film bottom member is capable of being folded into a V-shape along a folding line or of being unfolded so as to expand at the central portion of the folding line in the transverse direction of the film shell, by filling the cartridge with fluid material.

Abstract: A gel and paste container possessing opposing dual heads which allows for compete expulsion of the contents of the container, possesses no crimped end and shortens the maximum distance any particle of paste or gel must travel. The container is designed to be symmetric about a latitudinal axis and thus can stand freely on either end.

Abstract: A collapsible bag for dispensing liquids which includes at least one sheet sealed to define an enclosure and a fitment (spout) attached to the enclosure and out through which liquid in the enclosure is dispensed. An interior surface of the one or more sheets has integral texture to assist in withdrawal of the liquid from the enclosure when collapsed. The texture can be provided by sheet surfaces that are mechanically or ultrasonically embossed or are bubble-cushioned or which have sealed pleats or accordion folds. The bottom surface of a lower flange of the fitment may have concentric ridges (or spirals) and/or radial grooves. Also disclosed are methods of making the bag from one, two, three or four sheets.

Abstract: A removable sealing device is adapted to be mounted on a neck member of a liquid container to seal an outlet thereof. The device includes a seal membrane with a peripheral sealing surface which overlies a surrounding sealing edge surface formed with an edge wall of the neck member to close the outlet and which includes first and second sealing areas that are provided with first and second bonding members respectively with first and second bonding strengths. When the neck member is inverted to subject the seal membrane to the load of the liquid mass while the container is squeezed, the bonding between the second sealing area and the surrounding sealing edge surface remains, whereas the bonding between the first sealing area and the surrounding sealing edge surface is broken.

Abstract: A cylindrical tube enclosure with flexible walls having at one end a semi-rigid dome-shaped closure with an operable opening and a flattened sealed finish on the other, and containing a movable insert initially positioned at the sealed end of the tube. By squeezing the tube dispenser the insert is moved forward toward the operable end of the tube dispensing its content of viscous material completely.

Abstract: An arrangement of individual condiment serving packets in an outer container is provided having an approximately cylindrical container with at least four dual-packet sheets within said container.