Pouch for transportation and storage of natural materials

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11332282-B2
Application number	US-201715400264-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2017
Priority date	Sep 25, 2014
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

A flexible pouch comprising a first panel and a second panel. In one embodiment there is a first compartment and a second compartment formed between the first panel and the second panel. A top seal is positioned along the top of the first panel and the second panel above the first compartment and the second compartment. A locking child proof slider assembly is configured to close the top seal in one direction and permit access to the compartments in the other direction. Below the top seal and just above the compartments is a zip seal. The zip seal is reclosable and helps maintained the upper edge of the compartments keeping the contents in place and fresh. The first compartment includes at least one sidewall formed from the first panel and the second panel and at least one seam wherein the sidewalls of the first compartment are opaque to as to prevent visibility of the contents of the first compartment. An NFC tag may also be provided.

First claim

I claim:

1. A flexible pouch comprising:
a first panel and a second panel;
a first compartment and a second compartment formed between the first panel and the second panel, an upper seal positioned across the top of the first panel and the second panel above the first compartment and the second compartment, the upper seal having two ends, the first compartment having a first edge seal formed from the first panel and the second panel along a first peripheral edge and a first sidewall formed by a first seam, the first edge seal terminating below the upper seal and outwardly of one of the ends of the upper seal forming a first seam notch between the first peripheral edge and the upper seal, the first compartment being opaque to as to prevent visibility of a plurality of contents of the first compartment;
the second compartment having a second edge seal formed from the first panel and the second panel along a second peripheral edge and a second sidewall formed by the first seam, the second edge seal terminating below the upper seal and outwardly of the other one of the ends of the upper seal forming a second seam notch between the second peripheral edge and the upper seal, the second compartment is transparent;
the first seam is positioned between the first panel and the second panel, and between the first edge seal and the second edge seal, extending vertically from a third edge seal and ending at a position below the upper seal; and
a slider assembly movably attached to the upper seal, the upper seal being resealable between the two ends, the slider assembly securing the first compartment and the second compartment in one direction and permitting access to both the first compartment and the second compartment in an opposite direction; wherein the slider assembly further comprises: a slider portion configured to slide across the upper seal, the seal is secured by the slider portion in one direction and permitting access in the other; a pair of receiving portions, one of the pair of receiving portions abuts the first seam notch and the other one of the pair of receiving portions abuts the second seam notch, the pair of receiving portions extend in a vertical direction above the seal, each one of the pair of receiving portions receive the slider portion at the respective end of the upper seal; a locking mechanism portion having a lever is disposed on the slider portion, the locking mechanism portion is configured to lock the slider portion into the receiving portion when received in either one of the pair of the receiving portions; and a lever notch is positioned adjacent to each one of the pair of receiving portions, wherein the slider portion is released from either one of the pair of the receiving portions by the lever of the locking mechanism portion, the lever releases the slider portion when the lever is engaged into the lever notch, the lever notch is only accessible when the slider portion is seated within either one of the pair of receiving portions.

2. The flexible pouch of claim 1 wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are secured by a zip seal, the zip seal extends a length of the first panel and the second panel between the first edge seal and the second edge seal, the zip seal is positioned below the upper seal and above the first seam, the first compartment and the second compartment.

3. The flexible pouch of claim 2 wherein the zip seal being resealable, the zip seal permitting access to both the first compartment and the second compartment.

4. The flexible pouch of claim 1 wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are resealable.

5. The flexible pouch of claim 1 wherein an NFC tag is connected to the flexible pouch, the NFC tag adapted to store readable information relating to an origination of the plurality of contents of the flexible pouch.

6. The flexible pouch of claim 5 wherein the NFC tag is affixed to the exterior of the flexible pouch.

7. The flexible pouch of claim 6 wherein the NFC tag in contained within either the first compartment or the second compartment.

8. A flexible pouch comprising:
a first panel and a second panel;
a first compartment, a second compartment, and a third compartment formed between the first panel and the second panel, an upper seal positioned across the top of the first panel and the second panel above the first compartment, the second compartment, and the third compartment, the upper seal having two ends;
the first compartment having a first edge seal formed from the first panel and the second panel along a first peripheral edge and a first sidewall by a first seam, the first edge seal terminating below the upper seal and outwardly of one of the ends of the upper seal forming a first seam notch between the first peripheral edge and the upper seal, the first compartment being opaque to prevent visibility of a plurality of contents of the first compartment;
the second compartment having a second sidewall formed from the first seam and a third sidewall formed from a second seam, the second compartment is wider than the first compartment and the third compartment;
the third compartment having a fourth sidewall formed from the second seam and a third seam;
the first seam, the second seam and the-third seam are formed between the first panel and the second panel, and between the first edge seal and a second edge seal, the second edge seal formed from the first panel and the second panel along a second peripheral edge, the second edge seal terminating below the upper seal and outwardly of the other one of the ends of the upper seal forming a second seam notch between the second peripheral edge and the upper seal;
the first seam, the second seam and the third seam each extend vertically from a third edge seal and each terminate below the upper seal;
a spacer panel is disposed between the third seam and the second edge seal, the spacer panel is formed by the first panel and the second panel, the spacer panel does not have a compartment;
a slider assembly movably attached to the upper seal, the upper seal being resealable between the two ends, the slider assembly securing the first compartment, the second compartment, the third compartment and the spacer panel in one direction and permitting access to the first compartment, the second compartment and the third compartment in an opposite direction; wherein the slider assembly further comprises: a slider portion configured to slide across the upper seal, the upper seal is secured by the slider portion in one direction and permitting access in the other; a pair of receiving portions, one of the pair of receiving portions abuts the first seam notch and the other one of the pair of receiving portions abuts the second seam notch, the pair of receiving portions extend in a vertical direction above the seal, the pair of receiving portions receive the slider portion at the respective end of the upper seal; a locking mechanism portion having a lever is disposed on the slider portion, the locking mechanism portion is configured to lock the slider portion into the receiving portion when received in the either one of the pair of receiving portions; and a lever notch positioned adjacent to each one of the pair of receiving portions, wherein the slider portion is released from either one of the pair of the receiving portions by the lever when the lever is engaged into the lever notch, the lever notch is only accessible when the slider portion is seated within either one of the pair of receiving portions.

9. The flexible pouch of claim 8 wherein the first compartment, the second compartment, and the third compartment are secured by a zip seal, the zip seal extends a length of the first panel and the second panel between the first

Assignees

• Pouch Pac Innovations Llc

Inventors

• Murray R Charles

Classifications

• H04B5/24

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• H04B5/72

  for local intradevice communication · CPC title

• B65D33/2566

  using two or more independently operable slide fasteners · CPC title

• B65D2203/02

  Labels · CPC title

• B65D33/2508

  using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor · CPC title