US 12,221,267 B2
Container system
Marcus Rainer Rahmel, Ockenheim (DE); Peter Bauer, Irmelshausen (DE); Guido Endert, Leichlingen (DE); Johannes Krieger, Mellrichstadt (DE); and Philipp Ziegler, Unsleben (DE)
Assigned to BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBH, Ingelheim am Rhein (DE)
Filed by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein (DE)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/220,953.
Application 17/220,953 is a continuation of application No. 16/029,763, filed on Jul. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,968,026.
Claims priority of application No. 17020294 (EP), filed on Jul. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0221597 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 81/32 (2006.01); A61J 1/14 (2023.01); A61J 1/20 (2006.01); B01F 35/71 (2022.01); B01F 101/00 (2022.01)
CPC B65D 81/3211 (2013.01) [A61J 1/1406 (2013.01); A61J 1/2089 (2013.01); B01F 35/7137 (2022.01); A61J 1/201 (2015.05); A61J 1/2065 (2015.05); B01F 2101/2202 (2022.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Container system comprising:
at least two containers each of which has an inner chamber,
wherein a first of the at least two containers has an initially closed first connection device and a second of the at least two containers has an initially closed second connection device,
wherein the first and second connection devices are constructed to form a coupling for coupling the first and second container together, the coupling producing a continuous fluid connection that is closed off from surrounding areas and interconnects the inner chambers of the first and second containers to enable contents in the inner chambers to be mixed,
wherein the first connection device comprises a thin point that is rupturable by force applied by a ram of the second connection device for establishing the fluid connection,
wherein the thin point has a shape that comprises a tip between two at least substantially straight legs, and
wherein the ram comprises a splitting device that is constructed and arranged to rupture the thin point by acting on the tip when the coupling is produced.