US 11,655,091 B2
Flexible container with tether
Liangkai Ma, Midland, MI (US); Marc S. Black, Midland, MI (US); 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. 17/614,849
Filed by Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US)
PCT Filed May 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/034790
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/243221, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,366, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227558 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B65D 33/06 (2006.01); B65D 75/56 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 75/5883 (2013.01) [B65D 33/06 (2013.01); B65D 75/566 (2013.01)] 9 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
(i) a top portion, the top portion comprising a neck and a fitment in the neck,
(ii) a body portion, and
(iii) a bottom portion;
the top portion comprising a top handle extending above the fitment, the top handle having a reciprocal attachment member;
the bottom portion comprising a bottom handle; and
a tether extending from the bottom handle, a distal end of the tether having an attachment member, the attachment member adapted to secure to the reciprocal attachment member.