US 11,945,635 B2
Flexible container with handles
Marc S. Black, Midland, MI (US); Liangkai Ma, Midland, MI (US); Simon Jespersen, Rueschlikon (CH); Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Waedenswil (CH); Chad V. Schuette, Saginaw, MI (US); Brian W. Walther, Clute, TX (US); and Fabrice Digonnet, Faellanden (CH)
Assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/614,798
Filed by Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US)
PCT Filed May 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/034814
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/243229, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,314, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227556 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 75/56 (2006.01); B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B65D 75/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 75/563 (2013.01) [B65D 75/5861 (2013.01); B65D 75/008 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible container comprising:
a front panel, a rear panel, a first gusseted side panel, and a second gusseted side panel, the gusseted side panels adjoining the front panel and the rear panel along peripheral seals to form a chamber, the panels forming
(i) a top portion comprising a neck and a fitment in the neck,
(ii) a body portion, and
(iii) a bottom portion;
the front panel comprising a front handle extending therefrom and a front tab adjacent
the neck;
the rear panel comprising a rear handle extending therefrom and a rear tab adjacent the neck;
the front handle and the rear handle are in opposing relation to each other, the front handle and the rear handle (i) extending over the first gusseted side panel and (ii) not extending over the fitment; and
the front tab and the rear tab are in opposing relation to each other; and
a first integral heat seal adjoins the front tab to the rear tab forming a tab seal, the
tab seal forming a common edge around an entire periphery of the front tab and the rear
tab and a second integral heat seal adjoins the front handle to the rear handle.