Dispensing – Collapsible wall-type container
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-01
2005-03-01
Kaufman, Joseph A. (Department: 3754)
Dispensing
Collapsible wall-type container
C222S107000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06860406
ABSTRACT:
A flexible plastic fitment for providing spouts for pouches formed of sheet material. The fitment includes a pair of opposed side walls each having a center portion formed from diametrically opposed segments of a common cylinder and straight segments that blend respectively into the cylindrical segments on opposite sides of the common cylinder. The side walls are joined together at both ends thereof to form a canoe shape. A cover, which provides the only support for the side walls joins the top edges of the canoe shape and extends at both ends of the canoe shape between the cylindrical segments and the joined ends. A thin fin extends from each end of the joined side walls. A method of and apparatus for attaching the fitment by distending the side walls outwardly while urging the sheet material toward the side walls is also disclosed.
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Kobetsky Robert G.
Malin Art
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Kaufman Joseph A.
Pitney Hardin LLP
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