US 12,492,048 B2
Spout-cap unit, pouch comprising such a spout-cap unit
Jan De Ruiter, Lelystad (NL); and Dave Willem Klaassen, Lelystad (NL)
Assigned to Daklapack Europe B.V., Lelystad (NL)
Appl. No. 18/564,259
Filed by Daklapack Europe B.V., Lelystad (NL)
PCT Filed May 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/NL2022/050289
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/250537, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2028309 (NL), filed on May 27, 2021; and application No. 2028901 (NL), filed on Aug. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0239564 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 47/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 47/141 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spout-cap unit (1), comprising:
a spout part including a sealboat, an outlet tube, and a retaining member; and
a cap part for closing an outlet of the outlet tube in a closed position of the cap part;
wherein the spout part and the cap part are tethered together via at least one tethering member to form the spout-cap unit, the at least one tethering member being coupled with the spout part at one end of the at least one tethering member and with the cap part at an opposite end of the at least one tethering member,
wherein the cap part is releasable from the outlet tube of the spout part for providing the cap part in a released state,
wherein in the released state the cap part and the spout part remain tethered together via the at least one tethering member, the at least one tethering member allowing the cap part to be moved to a retaining position that is positioned away from the outlet of the outlet tube,
wherein the cap part or the at least one tethering member is configured to be coupled with the retaining member of the spout part for retaining the cap part at the retaining position, and
wherein the cap part comprises at least two elements:
a body element manufactured together with the spout part, the body element enclosing the outlet tube of the spout part in a circumferential direction, the body element coupled with the at least one tethering member, and the body element being hollow and having open ends, and
a plug element manufactured separately from the spout part and the body element, the plug element for closing one of the open ends of the body element, so that when the plug element is received in the body element, the cap part closes the outlet tube of the spout part.