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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
May. 24, 2017
Ilc Dover Ip, Inc., Frederica, DE (US);
Tony R. McKee, Millsboro, DE (US);
Wayne A. Fearn, Dover, DE (US);
ILC Dover IP, Inc., Frederica, DE (US);
Abstract
A liner (L) has a liner body () with a front wall (), rear wall (), bottom wall (), a top wall (). The top wall also includes a tubular excess liner material or chute () located close to the rear wall and which includes a filling fitment () with a fitment cap (). The liner also has a cylindrical, hose content inlet/outlet port or bottom fitment (). The liner may include a gap-filler or filler strip () of foam material extending outwardly from a position closely adjacent the outlet fitment. The filler strip is mounted to the front wall and/or top wall. The filler strip may taper so that at least a majority of the strip's longitudinal length or height so as to increase in its lateral width as it approaches the outlet fitment, thereby increasing the material volume of strip material.