US 11,767,212 B2
Packet opening and discharging device and method of using
Madison Kay Gildersleeve, Vadnais Heights, MN (US); Michelle Marie Hayden, San Francisco, CA (US); Peter Dalton, Orangeburg, NY (US); Ladd Peterson Rowe, Lake Como, NJ (US); John Parker, Monmouth, NJ (US); Leeya Jackson, Minneapolis, MN (US); Chase Zreet, Boulder, CO (US); Farin Nikdel, New York, NY (US); Funmilayo Danielle Adejobi, Jamaica, NY (US); and Felipe Ribeiro Dos Santos, Sao Paulo (BR)
Assigned to H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,064.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044330 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); A47G 19/18 (2006.01); A47J 47/01 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0809 (2013.01) [A47G 19/183 (2013.01); A47J 47/01 (2013.01); B67D 1/0001 (2013.01); B67D 1/0004 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable device for discharging product from a packet, the portable device comprising:
a housing forming an interior chamber;
a roller element at least partially disposed within the interior chamber and disposed lengthwise along the housing;
a rotatable cap disposed at a first end of the housing, wherein manual rotation of the rotatable cap translates into rotation of the roller element;
a first slot through a wall of the housing, the first slot adjacent the roller element and permitting a packet to ingress into the interior chamber through the first slot; and
a second slot in the housing, the second slot sized to permit a corner of the packet to be fed through the second slot, such that the corner of the packet is removed from a remainder of the packet via a knife disposed at an end of the second slot;
wherein the roller element further comprises a lengthwise slit therein that is sized to receive an edge of the packet and retain the edge of the packet in relation to the roller element as the roller element is rotated such that the packet is at least partially pulled into the interior chamber of the housing through the first slot such that opposing side edges of the packet are pressed toward one another via sidewalls of the first slot to thereby discharge contents of the packet.