US 12,291,387 B2
Drinks pouch
Julian Nash, Byfleet (GB); Ryan Horn, London (GB); and Cyril Norman Phillips, Longfield (GB)
Assigned to HANDIPAK HOLDINGS LTD, Horsham (GB)
Filed by HandiPak Holdings Ltd, Horsham (GB)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/064,532.
Application 18/064,532 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/466,684, granted, now 11,548,712, previously published as PCT/GB2017/000173, filed on Dec. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1620689 (GB), filed on Dec. 5, 2016; application No. 1710293 (GB), filed on Jun. 28, 2017; application No. 1710296 (GB), filed on Jun. 28, 2017; application No. 1710298 (GB), filed on Jun. 28, 2017; and application No. 1710300 (GB), filed on Jun. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0124766 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 77/28 (2006.01); B65D 75/00 (2006.01); B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B65D 85/72 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 77/283 (2013.01) [B65D 75/008 (2013.01); B65D 75/5805 (2013.01); B65D 75/5855 (2013.01); B65D 85/72 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pouch containing a drink, and provided with a straw within the pouch accessible to allow a user to draw the drink from the pouch;
the pouch defining a top edge, a bottom portion, and respective side edges interconnecting the top edge and the bottom portion, and a corner portion defined between the top edge and one said side edge, the corner portion being openable by a user to access the straw;
the pouch forming a closed cavity containing the drink, the cavity being defined by said top edge, said bottom portion, and said side edges and by at least one wall defining a front face and a rear face for the cavity, the front and rear faces being connected along said top edge, the front and rear faces being continuous with each other at or being connected along the other of said side edges, the front and rear faces being connected to provide said bottom portion, and said one side edge being formed by a first heat seal connecting the front and rear faces;
a second heat seal connecting the front and rear faces, and extending from an enlarged abutment joining the front and rear faces at a position short of the top edge generally in a direction towards the bottom portion parallel to and spaced from the first seal, the second seal dividing the interior of the cavity into major and minor portions interconnected so that the drink may flow between them, the minor portion lying between the first and second seals, and the straw being located within said minor portion;
a line of weakness being formed in said pouch and extending generally parallel to the bottom edge from the first heat seal to and terminating at the abutment which forms an anchor for the line of weakness, whereby said corner portion is openable by tearing along said line of weakness from said one side edge to said abutment; and
a cut extending from the said abutment to the top edge at an angle, sealed on either side of the cut by secondary seals, allowing the corner portion to be detachable as a whole from the remainder of the pouch or to be left to hang down from the abutment after tearing along said line of weakness.