US 12,214,942 B2
Package, spout for a package and package-spout assembly
Tim Bast, Södra Sandby (SE)
Assigned to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A., Pully (CH)
Appl. No. 17/297,133
Filed by TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A., Pully (CH)
PCT Filed Nov. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/080536
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/114707, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18209853 (EP), filed on Dec. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024637 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 5/74 (2006.01); B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B65D 85/72 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/748 (2013.01) [B65D 75/5877 (2013.01); B65D 85/72 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Package for a pourable product comprising:
a designated pour opening surface area comprising a rupturable and/or openable and/or cuttable separation membrane;
at least a first fastening device coupled to an outer surface of the package and adjacent to the designated pour opening surface area;
wherein the first fastening device is configured to releasably and/or removably fasten a spout to the package by releasably and/or removably engaging with a second fastening device of the spout;
wherein the first fastening device comprises at least one fastening member having a clamping portion configured to interpose at least a portion of the second fastening device between the clamping portion and an outer contact surface of the outer surface of the package so as to exert a clamping force on the second fastening device in a manner that a contact surface of the second fastening device is, in use, forced against the outer contact surface of the outer surface of the package for forming a sealing assembly.