Package comprising a drinking device restricted to move in a pre-determined plane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10640258-B2
Application number	US-201716083233-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2017
Priority date	Mar 10, 2016
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a package for a liquid food product, the package comprising a container and a hollow body for transporting the liquid food product from the container. The hollow body comprises a first part fixedly attached to a first section of the container and a second part releasably attached to a second section of the container, such that when the second part is released from the second section the second part is pivotable around an intersection point between the first part and the second part. Further, the present disclosure includes methods for producing a package comprising a container and a hollow body, and for producing a hollow body arranged to be attached to a container.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A package for a liquid food product, said package comprising:
a container, said container comprising a first section and a second section, wherein the first section comprises a first wall of the container and the second section comprises a second wall of the container, the first wall being adjacent to the second wall; and
a hollow body for transporting said liquid food product from said container, wherein said hollow body comprises a first part fixedly attached to the first section of said container and a second part releasably attached to the second section of said container, the hollow body further comprising a first piece and a second piece, wherein a portion of a periphery of the first piece is attached to a portion of a periphery of the second piece, the first piece and second piece defining a flow channel therebetween, said flow channel extending between a first end of the first part and a second end of the second part and configured to provide a flow path for fluid flowing from an interior of the container through the first end of the first part and the second end of the second part;
wherein, when said second part is released from said second section of said container, said second part is pivotable around one axis of rotation in an intersection point between said first part and said second part and said second part is restricted to move in a pre-determined plane;
wherein the first piece of the hollow body comprises a flat surface configured to fixedly attach the first part of the hollow body to an external surface of the first wall of the container and releasably attach the second part of the hollow body to an external surface of the second wall of the container; and
wherein the second piece of the hollow body comprises a cross-section configured to form said flow channel and further configured to restrict movement of the second part relative to the first part about the intersection point in the pre-determined plane.

2. The package according to claim 1 , wherein said hollow body further comprises a third part arranged between said first part and said second part.

3. The package according to claim 2 , wherein said third part is crimped.

4. The package according to claim 1 , wherein said second wall is a top wall of said container.

5. The package according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said first piece and said second piece comprises at least one spacing element configured to keep said flow channel open.

6. The package according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one spacing element comprises a triangular shape.

7. The package according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one spacing element comprises a first spacing element extending from the first piece and a second spacing element extending from the second piece.

8. The package according to claim 7 , wherein first and second spacing elements are located along the second part of the hollow body.

9. The package according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one spacing element comprises a first spacing element positioned along the first part of the hollow body and a second spacing element positioned along the second part of the hollow body.

10. The package according to claim 9 , wherein the first spacing element comprises a first length and the second spacing element comprises a second length, and wherein the first length is greater than the second length.

11. The package according to claim 9 , wherein the first and second spacing elements extend from the first piece of the hollow body.

12. The package according to claim 1 , wherein said first piece comprises a first material, said first material comprising a polymeric material.

13. The package according to claim 12 , wherein said first material of said first piece comprises a thermoplastic selected from the group consisting of PET, PE, PP, and PS.

14. The package according to claim 1 , wherein said second piece comprises a second material, said second material comprising a polymeric material.

15. The package according to claim 14 , wherein said second material of said second piece comprises a thermoplastic selected from the group consisting of PET, PE, PP, and PS.

16. The package according to claim 1 , wherein said second part is at least partially covered by a protective element such that an end section of said second part is prevented from being contaminated.

17. The package according to claim 16 , wherein said protective element is attached to said container.

18. The package according to claim 16 , wherein the protective element is perforated.

19. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the first part of the hollow body is positioned proximate to a weakened portion of the container.

20. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the first piece of the hollow body is stiffer than the second piece of the hollow body.

Assignees

• Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance

Inventors

• Bjurenheim Joachim
• DAHL Göran
• Levander Gustav
• Tronza Mario
• Lanci Antonino
• Mock Elmar

Classifications

• B65D5/748 Primary

  a major part of the container wall or membrane being left inside the container after the opening · CPC title

• B65D77/28

  Cards, coupons, or drinking straws {(B65D5/4212, B65D23/14, B65D25/205, B65D33/004, B65D51/245, B65D75/54 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B65D5/74

  Spouts · CPC title