US 12,269,662 B2
Flexible mouth insert for pouch
Heiner Ophardt, Arisdorf (CH); Padraig McDonagh, County Sligo (IE); John O'Malley, County Sligo (IE); Ali Mirbach, Issum (DE); and Patrick Geurts, BK Roermond (NL)
Assigned to OP-HYGIENE IP GMBH, Niederbipp (CH)
Filed by OP-Hygiene IP GmbH, Niederbipp (CH)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/979,268.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/274,692, filed on Nov. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0136872 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B65D 75/30 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 75/5883 (2013.01) [B65D 75/30 (2013.01); B65D 2575/583 (2013.01); B65D 2575/586 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible pouch comprising:
a film that defines an internal compartment of the flexible pouch; and
a mouth insert that is sealed between a first portion of the film and a second portion of the film to define a mouth of the flexible pouch;
the mouth insert defining a passageway that extends along an axis from an axially outer end of the mouth insert to an axially inner end of the mouth insert;
wherein the passageway extends from the internal compartment of the flexible pouch, at the axially inner end of the mouth insert, to an external environment, at the axially outer end of the mouth insert;
wherein the mouth insert is flexible;
wherein the mouth insert comprises:
a sealing portion that is sealed between the first portion of the film and the second portion of the film; and
a lip portion configured to extend axially outwardly from the film;
wherein the lip portion defines the axially outer end of the mouth insert;
wherein the mouth insert has a mouth insert axial height, the sealing portion has a sealing portion axial height, and the lip portion has a lip portion axial height;
wherein the lip portion axial height is less than ⅓ of the mouth insert axial height;
wherein the sealing portion defines the axially inner end of the mouth insert; and
wherein the mouth insert axial height is a sum of the sealing portion axial height and the lip portion axial height.