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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jason Middleton, Dublin, OH (US);
Spencer Beaufore, Dublin, OH (US);
Jeremy McBroom, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 51/16 (2006.01); B65D 77/20 (2006.01); B65D 77/22 (2006.01); B65D 51/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 51/1611 (2013.01); B65D 51/20 (2013.01); B65D 77/2024 (2013.01); B65D 77/225 (2013.01); B65D 2205/02 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0018 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sealed container for packaging of granular or powdered product including a rigid container body defining an interior space and an upper portion, the upper portion having a sealing lip that defines an opening to the interior space, and a flexible, polymer sealing membrane removably attached to the sealing lip to cover the opening, the sealing membrane including a plurality of laser generated micro-perforations formed through the sealing membrane, the size of each of the plurality of laser generated micro-perforations being less than 3.937 mils.