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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9993986 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2014

Flexible containers and methods of forming the same

Applicant:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Tadayoshi Ishihara, West Chester, OH (US);

Joseph Lester, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Marc Bourgeios, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Benjamin Clare, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Scott Stanley, Mason, OH (US);

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:

Charles R. Ware

Primary Examiner:

Linda L Gray

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/20 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); B65D 75/56 (2006.01); B65D 75/08 (2006.01); B31B 29/60 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/06 (2006.01); B65D 75/00 (2006.01); B65D 75/20 (2006.01); B65D 75/52 (2006.01); B65D 75/54 (2006.01); B65D 30/10 (2006.01); B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B65D 33/02 (2006.01); B65D 81/03 (2006.01); B65B 1/02 (2006.01); B65B 3/02 (2006.01); B65B 5/02 (2006.01); B31B 70/60 (2017.01); B31B 70/64 (2017.01); B31B 150/00 (2017.01); B31B 160/30 (2017.01); B31B 160/20 (2017.01); B31B 70/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 29/60 (2013.01); B31B 70/60 (2017.08); B32B 37/06 (2013.01); B32B 37/20 (2013.01); B32B 38/0004 (2013.01); B32B 38/18 (2013.01); B65B 1/02 (2013.01); B65B 3/02 (2013.01); B65B 5/02 (2013.01); B65D 31/16 (2013.01); B65D 33/02 (2013.01); B65D 75/008 (2013.01); B65D 75/20 (2013.01); B65D 75/525 (2013.01); B65D 75/54 (2013.01); B65D 75/566 (2013.01); B65D 75/5877 (2013.01); B65D 75/5883 (2013.01); B65D 81/03 (2013.01); B31B 70/008 (2017.08); B31B 70/64 (2017.08); B31B 2150/00 (2017.08); B31B 2150/002 (2017.08); B31B 2160/20 (2017.08); B31B 2160/30 (2017.08); B32B 2307/7242 (2013.01); B32B 2309/02 (2013.01); B32B 2439/46 (2013.01); B65D 2205/02 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1015 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1049 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1051 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1054 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1313 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method for sealing and cutting of a flexible material for forming a flexible container comprising a product volume and at least one structural support volume can include feeding at least two flexible material into a sealing apparatus comprising a sealing surface and an opposed anvil surface; contacting a seam region of the at least two flexible material with the sealing surface to form a seal in the seam region and cut the seal to form a seam in a single unit operation. The seal defines one or both of at least a portion of a boundary of the product volume and at least a portion of a boundary of the at least one structural support volume.

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