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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Applicant:
GE Healthcare Bio-sciences Corp., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Matthew David Ouellette, Westborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
GE HEALTHCARE BIO-SCIENCES CORP., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/04 (2006.01); B65D 33/00 (2006.01); B65D 77/06 (2006.01); B65D 88/16 (2006.01); B65D 33/18 (2006.01); B65D 33/24 (2006.01); B65D 33/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/04 (2013.01); B65D 33/007 (2013.01); B65D 77/06 (2013.01); B65D 88/16 (2013.01); B65D 33/18 (2013.01); B65D 33/24 (2013.01); B65D 33/2508 (2013.01); B65D 2313/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible bag and a method for filling a flexible bag which is collapsed when empty, wherein at least one fastening means is provided on a surface of the flexible bag such that at least two upper parts of the flexible bag can be held together by this at least one fastening means during a first part of filling of the flexible bag, whereby the fastening means is designed to release when the bag is filled to a certain amount such that the two upper parts being held together by the fastening means will lose contact.