US 11,911,340 B2
Fluid container
Conny Jakobsson, Lerum (SE)
Assigned to MÖLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE AB, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/255,883
Filed by MÖLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE AB, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/050636
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 23, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/009644, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1850852-3 (SE), filed on Jul. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244615 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. A61J 1/14 (2023.01); B65D 17/28 (2006.01); A61J 1/12 (2006.01); B65D 23/06 (2006.01); B65D 47/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/1412 (2013.01) [A61J 1/12 (2013.01); B65D 17/4011 (2018.01); B65D 23/06 (2013.01); B65D 47/066 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid container, comprising:
a lower container body adapted for receiving a fluid and comprising a container wall,
a base provided at a lower edge of the container wall, the base formed in an essentially rigid material, and
an upper container body connected to and extending along a circumference of an upper edge of the container wall, the upper container body comprising a flap portion provided to extend along a circumference of the upper container body, the flap portion forming an opening to the lower container body,
wherein:
the container wall is arranged to be angled inwardly towards a center of the lower container body,
the flap portion is flexible and adapted to be adjustably arranged in a down-folded state angled below the upper edge of the container wall or in an up-folded state angled above the upper edge of the container wall,
the flap portion comprises an outer edge and an inner edge, the inner edge forming the opening to the lower container body, and
the fluid container farther comprises one of:
a first lid detachably connected to the inner edge of the flap portion and extending over the opening to the lower container body when the flap portion is arranged in the up-folded state, or
a second lid detachably connected to the inner edge of the flap portion and extending over the opening to the lower container body when the flap portion is arranged in the down-folded state.