US 12,227,336 B2
Flexible walled container
Erik Peterson, Grayslake, IL (US)
Assigned to Frontier Cooperative, Norway, IA (US)
Filed by Erik Peterson, Grayslake, IL (US)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,377.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,096, filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0371166 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 35/10 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); B29D 22/00 (2006.01); B65D 6/00 (2006.01); B65D 8/00 (2006.01); B65D 23/08 (2006.01); B65D 47/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 35/10 (2013.01) [B29C 45/16 (2013.01); B29D 22/003 (2013.01); B65D 11/02 (2013.01); B65D 11/10 (2013.01); B65D 11/20 (2013.01); B65D 23/08 (2013.01); B65D 47/0804 (2013.01); B29K 2023/06 (2013.01); B29L 2031/712 (2013.01); B65D 43/16 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible walled container comprising:
a continuous body having:
a first component forming a rigid base having a first shape;
a separate second flexible film component forming a flexible side wall, the flexible side wall connected by a heat seal at a first end to the rigid base; and,
a separate third component forming a rigid top having an opening, the rigid top connected by a heat seal to the flexible side wall at a second end of the flexible side wall, wherein the rigid top having a second shape different from the first shape, and wherein the flexible side wall transitions continuously from the first shape at the rigid base to the second shape at the rigid top.