US 11,866,319 B2
Piercing device for venting a container
Andrew Bell Krystinik, Middlefield, CT (US); Edward Gilchrest, Oxford, CT (US); Craig R. Bures, Prospect, CT (US); Lee M. Marchetti, Seymour, CT (US); Scott H. Smith, Westport, CT (US); and Daniel Peter Sterling, Fairfield, CT (US)
Assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf (DE)
Filed by Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf (DE)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,368.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,660, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306447 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B67D 3/04 (2006.01); B67B 7/00 (2006.01); B65D 47/20 (2006.01); B65D 1/18 (2006.01); B67D 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 3/043 (2013.01) [B65D 1/18 (2013.01); B65D 47/2018 (2013.01); B67B 7/24 (2013.01); B67D 3/0061 (2013.01); B67D 3/0067 (2013.01); B67D 3/04 (2013.01); B65D 2205/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for dispensing a liquid, the container comprising:
a body comprising:
an interior storage volume,
an outlet through a first wall for dispensing the liquid,
a first track disposed in a first side wall of the body,
a second track disposed in a second side wall of the body, the second side wall opposite the first side wall; and
a piercing device for venting the body, the piercing device slidably coupled to the body and comprising:
a first rail configured to slide within the first track,
a second rail configured to slide within the second track, and
a piercer having a piercing end,
wherein the piercing device is configured to slide from a first position to a second position, and wherein the piercer is configured to pierce the body as the piercing device slides from the first position to the second position to create a vent opening.