US 12,006,125 B2
Container for packaging units
Nicole Hutterer, Wackersdorf (DE); Andreas Fraas, Amberg (DE); Ricardo Colchado, Corregidora (MX); Stephen Flynn, Peachtree City, GA (US); Braden Miller, Havertown, PA (US); Scott Rosenman, Mount Laurel, NJ (US); Alessio Bonati, Cadoneghe (IT); Michele Guasti, Treviso (IT); Marco Canestraro, Carmignano di Brenta (IT); Riccardo Prete, Ponte San Nicolo (IT); and Gianpaolo Bertolin, Noale (IT)
Assigned to Gerresheimer Glas GmbH, Düsseldorf (DE); and Stevanato Group S.p.A., Piombino Dese (IT)
Filed by Gerresheimer Glas GmbH, Düsseldorf (DE); and Stevanato Group S.p.A., Piombino Dese (IT)
Filed on May 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/746,554.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,089, filed on May 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371807 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61J 1/16 (2023.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 55/02 (2006.01); B65D 1/26 (2006.01); B65D 25/10 (2006.01); B65D 77/20 (2006.01); B65D 81/26 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/263 (2013.01) [A61J 1/16 (2013.01); A61M 5/002 (2013.01); B65B 5/06 (2013.01); B65B 7/28 (2013.01); B65B 55/02 (2013.01); B65D 1/26 (2013.01); B65D 25/108 (2013.01); B65D 77/2024 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container comprising:
a body that comprises a lower surface, an upper rim, and a plurality of side walls that extend between the lower surface and the upper rim, wherein the upper rim defines an opening to an interior space of the body, at least one side wall of the plurality of side walls comprises one or more first apertures that extend through the at least one side wall, and the lower surface comprises one or more bottom apertures that extend through the lower surface;
a flexible cover that covers the opening of the body and is bonded to the body along the upper rim, the flexible cover comprising an insert formed in the flexible cover and a gas-impermeable material that encircles the insert, the insert comprising a first gas-permeable material through which gas can enter and exit the interior space of the body; and
a second gas-permeable material connected to the body and covering the one or more first apertures and the one or more bottom apertures, wherein gas can enter and exit the interior space of the body through the second gas-permeable material,
wherein the upper rim of the body is spaced apart from any of the first gas-permeable material and the second gas-permeable material, such that the cover can be peeled away from the upper rim to expose the opening while leaving the first and second gas-permeable materials intact.