US 12,227,404 B2
Container and set of preforms for forming a container
Pieter Gerard Witte, The Hague (NL); Arie Maarten Paauwe, Naaldwijk (NL); Bart Jan Bax, Blaricum (NL); and Harold Marcel Blom, Houten (NL)
Assigned to Heineken Supply Chain B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed by HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,394.
Application 17/333,394 is a continuation of application No. 16/838,571, filed on Apr. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,040,865.
Application 16/838,571 is a continuation of application No. 15/789,438, filed on Oct. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,640,355, issued on May 5, 2020.
Application 15/789,438 is a continuation of application No. 14/416,943, granted, now 9,815,676, issued on Nov. 14, 2017, previously published as PCT/NL2013/050555, filed on Jul. 26, 2013.
Claims priority of application No. 2009235 (NL), filed on Jul. 26, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0284519 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. B67D 1/04 (2006.01); B29B 11/14 (2006.01); B29C 49/00 (2006.01); B29D 22/00 (2006.01); B65D 1/02 (2006.01); B65D 33/14 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B65D 77/06 (2006.01); B65D 83/60 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0462 (2013.01) [B29B 11/14 (2013.01); B29C 49/071 (2022.05); B29D 22/003 (2013.01); B65D 1/0246 (2013.01); B65D 33/14 (2013.01); B67D 1/0801 (2013.01); B67D 1/0807 (2013.01); B67D 1/0835 (2013.01); B29C 45/1628 (2013.01); B29C 2949/08 (2022.05); B29C 2949/3008 (2022.05); B29C 2949/3012 (2022.05); B29C 2949/3016 (2022.05); B29C 2949/302 (2022.05); B29C 2949/3026 (2022.05); B29L 2009/001 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7158 (2013.01); B65D 77/067 (2013.01); B65D 83/60 (2013.01); B67D 1/0412 (2013.01); B67D 2001/0822 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bag-in-container type container, comprising an inner container and an outer container, wherein a neck region of the bag-in-container type container is provided with at least one opening for introducing a pressure fluid into a space between the outer container and the inner container adjacent thereto, wherein the bag-in-container type container is provided with coupling elements for coupling of a connecting device to the bag-in-container type container for introducing the pressure fluid through said at least one opening into said space between the inner and outer container, wherein the bag-in-container type container comprises a shoulder portion adjacent the neck region, wherein in the shoulder portion the inner container has an outer surface and the outer container has an inner surface, the inner surface and the outer surface facing each other, wherein in at least one of the facing surfaces or between said facing surfaces at least one groove is provided, the groove running along said shoulder portion, wherein the at least one groove is formed between two adjacent ribs formed on the inner surface of at least the shoulder portion of the outer container and/or the outer surface of at least the shoulder portion of the inner container, wherein the at least one groove has a width smaller than the width of the ribs, seen in a circumferential direction of the container.