Connecting and container system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10730682-B2
Application number	US-201615181544-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2016
Priority date	Jun 16, 2015
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

A container system having at least two containers, preferably bottles, each of which has a removal opening, preferably closed off by a septum in each case, wherein the containers have, on a side remote from the respective removal opening, particularly on the bottom of the respective bottle, a connecting arrangements for providing a fluidic connection between the containers, and/or having at least one container which forms a removal opening. The container has, on a side remote from the removal opening, a removable, cap-shaped cover which forms a holding device, for a region of the container forming the removal opening, so that the cover can be used as a support foot for the container when it is held by the holding device in the region forming the removal opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container system, comprising: at least one container having a removal opening for withdrawing content from the container, and a connecting arrangement on a side remote from the removal opening, the connecting arrangement being irreversibly openable for providing a fluidic connection between the container and another container, and a removable cover having a receptacle for covering the connecting arrangement, the cover also being formed with a holding device for a region of the container forming the removal opening, so that the cover is usable as a support foot for the container by removing the cover from covering the connecting arrangement and using the holding device for holding the container in the region forming the removal opening.

2. The container system according to claim 1 , wherein the holding device is configured to hold the region of the container that forms the removal opening by at least one of interlocking, frictional engagement, latching action and clamping action, as a result of which the cover can be used as a support foot for the container.

3. The container system according to claim 1 , wherein the container system comprises at least two containers which can be releasably connected to one another for transporting purposes such that a portion or bottle neck forming the removal opening of another, second container can be held by the holding device of the cap-shaped cover.

4. The container system according to claim 3 , wherein each of the containers comprises a removal opening for withdrawing content from the respective container, and wherein each of the containers comprises a connecting arrangement on a side that that is remote from the respective removal opening.

5. A container system having at least two containers, each container comprising a removal opening for withdrawing content from the respective container, wherein each container comprises, on a side remote from the respective removal opening or at or on the bottom of the respective container, a connecting arrangement for providing a fluidic connection between the containers, wherein the connecting arrangement comprises an opening region that is sealed or closed off by a flat, thin, breakable and/or fragile structure, and wherein the containers or the connecting arrangements thereof, in an initial state, are usable separately from one another and after the formation of the fluidic connection between the containers by opening of the opening region, the containers are inseparably, non-releasably connected to each other.

6. The container system according to claim 5 , wherein the removal openings repeatably usable and re-sealable.

7. The container system according to claim 5 , wherein the connecting arrangements are usable only once being irreversibly openable.

8. The container system according to claim 5 , wherein the fluidic connection, once established, is permanent.

9. The container system according to claim 5 , wherein the connecting arrangements are configured for mutual opening, in complementary or corresponding manner, thereby producing a continuous fluidic connection.

10. The container system according to claim 5 , wherein the connecting arrangements are axially insertable into one another.

11. A connecting arrangement for providing a fluidic connection between a container and another container, wherein, in an initial state, the connecting arrangement is fluidically sealed in an opening region by a closure device for forming a bottom for the container, the closure device being openable to produce the fluidic connection, the connecting arrangement comprising a cover device which covers the opening region, wherein the cover device comprises a support portion which corresponds in size to the opening region and is separate from the closure device and is positioned relative to the opening region to enable a force acting on the closure device in a direction of the support portion to be absorbed by at least part of the closure device coming into contact with the support portion such that opening of the opening region is prevented.

12. The connecting arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein each of the containers comprises a removal opening for withdrawing content from the respective container, and wherein the connecting arrangement is on a side of each container that is remote from the respective removal opening.

13. The connecting arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the cover device is latched to one of the containers.

14. The connecting arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the support portion is held on a wall of one of the containers, or on the connecting arrangement.

15. The connecting arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the opening region comprises a closure device which is sealingly held in an initial state and in an opened state is at least partially removed.

16. The connecting arrangement according to claim 15 , wherein the support portion is arranged adjacent to the closure device.

17. The connecting arrangement according to claim 15 , wherein the support portion is formed by a plateau which is configured or aligned to be at least substantially parallel to a side of the closure device facing the support portion, so that a movement of the closure device towards the support portion leads to flat contact and/or contact that counteracts an inclination of the closure device.

18. The connecting arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the support portion is formed by the base of a receptacle, indentation or recess, which is externally accessible and which is part of a cover device which is mountable on one of the containers.

19. The connecting arrangement according to claim 18 , wherein said receptacle corresponds to a bottleneck-shaped removal portion or a withdrawal or removal opening of one of the containers which can be accommodated in the receptacle for transporting.

20. The connecting arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the support portion is reinforced by reinforcing elements for diverting a force acting on the support portion into the wall of one of the containers.

21. The connecting arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the support portion is supported by a sloping or at least substantially conical strip against movement or deformation in an axial direction.

22. The connecting arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the cover device is sealed onto one of the containers or onto the connecting arrangement by means of a sealing arrangement.

23. The connecting arrangement according to claim 22 , wherein the sealing arrangement closes off a side of the support portion facing the opening region.

24. The connecting arrangement according to claim 22 , wherein the sealing arrangement is provided in addition to a sealing or latching mounting of the cover device on the container wall, as a result of which volumes are separated from one another by the sealing arrangement or chambers formed within the cover device attached to the container.

25. The connecting arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the cover device comprises a circumferential strip, which extends separated from a wall of the cover device between a base of the cover device and the container, the connecting arrangement or a portion adjacent the connecting arrangement, so that the base is supported by means of the strip.

26. A container having a cover device for covering a connecting arrangement, which is configured

Assignees

• Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Gmbh

Inventors

• Rahmel Marcus Rainer
• Endert Guido
• Ruf Jonas
• Wergen Horst

Classifications

• B65D81/3211 Primary

  coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture · CPC title

• B65D43/02

  Removable lids or covers (with means for piercing, cutting, or tearing a frangible inner closure B65D51/22) · CPC title

• B65D21/0231

  Bottles, canisters or jars whereby the neck or handle project into a cooperating cavity in the bottom (B65D81/361 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D1/023

  Neck construction · CPC title

• A61J1/2089 Primary

  Containers or vials which are to be joined to each other in order to mix their contents (combinations of vial and syringe for mixing their contents A61J1/2096) · CPC title