Ready to feed container with drinking dispenser and sealing member, and related method
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65B-003/04
A61J-009/00
A61J-011/04
B65D-025/40
출원번호
US-0259279
(2008-10-27)
등록번호
US-8596314
(2013-12-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Py, Daniel
Chan, Julian
Willey, Jeffrey
출원인 / 주소
Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
McCarter & English, LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
1인용 특허 :
22
초록▼
A container including a body defining an outflow opening and at least one chamber adapted for storing a product, such as a fat containing liquid product, and a container closure including a primary seal for hermetically sealing the product within the chamber during storage. The container closure inc
A container including a body defining an outflow opening and at least one chamber adapted for storing a product, such as a fat containing liquid product, and a container closure including a primary seal for hermetically sealing the product within the chamber during storage. The container closure includes a sealing member forming a substantially fluid-tight seal between the container closure and the body, and a dispensing member in fluid communication with the chamber. The container closure and body move relative to each other between a first position where the primary seal is seated about the outflow port to hermetically seal the product in the chamber during storage, and a second position where the primary seal is displaced from the outflow port to allow product to pass from the chamber through the outflow port and into dispensing member to dispense the product.
대표청구항▼
1. A container for storing and dispensing a product, the container comprising: a body defining a chamber for storing the product and an outflow port in fluid communication with the chamber;a container closure including: a primary seal in fixed relation to at least part of the container closure, anda
1. A container for storing and dispensing a product, the container comprising: a body defining a chamber for storing the product and an outflow port in fluid communication with the chamber;a container closure including: a primary seal in fixed relation to at least part of the container closure, anda dispensing member defining an outlet aperture placeable in fluid communication with the outflow port,wherein at least one of the container closure and body is movable relative to the other between a first position where the primary seal is at least one of seated about and overlies the outflow port to hermetically seal the product in the chamber, and a second position where the primary seal is displaced from the outflow port to allow the product to pass from the chamber through the outflow port and into the outlet aperture of the dispensing member to dispense the product; andfurther comprising a secondary seal forming a substantially fluid-tight seal between the container closure and the body. 2. A container as defined in claim 1, further including at least one additional chamber, the at least one additional chamber located in at least one of (i) the body of the container, (ii) the container closure and (ii) a combination of the body of the container and container closure, and is in fluid communication with the chamber when the primary seal is in the second position, wherein the chamber stores a first substance, the at least one additional chamber stores at least one additional substance, the first substance and the at least one additional substance forming the dispensed product. 3. A container as defined in claim 1, further comprising an elastomeric portion that is penetrable by an injection or filling member, and a resulting injection aperture is resealable. 4. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the primary seal is penetrable by an injection member for aseptically filling the chamber with the product through the injection member, and is resealable to seal the product within the chamber. 5. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the container closure further comprises a vent aperture for improving the flow of product between the chamber and outlet aperture when the container closure is in the second position. 6. A container as defined in claim 5, further comprising a sealing member that is movable between a first position sealing at least one of (i) the outlet aperture, (ii) the vent aperture and (iii) the outlet aperture and the vent aperture, and a second position opening at least one of (i) the outlet aperture, (ii) the vent aperture and (iii) the outlet aperture and the vent aperture. 7. A container as defined in claim 6, wherein the sealing member is frangibly connected to at least one of the dispensing member and container closure in the first position, and the sealing member is disconnected from the at least one of the dispensing member and container closure in the second position. 8. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the dispensing member is a nipple. 9. A container as defined in claim 8, wherein the nipple includes a stem portion and a tip portion, the outlet aperture extending through the stem portion and tip portion. 10. A container as defined in claim 9, wherein the nipple is at least one of a round nipple, a bi-stable nipple and a stretchable nipple. 11. A container as defined in claim 9, wherein the container closure has an outer convexed surface, and the nipple extends outwardly from the outer convexed surface. 12. A container as defined in claim 11, wherein the outer convexed surface in combination with the nipple replicate the shape and feel of a female breast. 13. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the container closure rotates between the first position and the second position about a longitudinal axis of the container. 14. A container as defined in claim 1, further comprising a frangible member having an engaging position where the frangible member engages a portion of the container closure and body after the container is filled with the product to prevent the container closure from moving out of the first position, and a disengaging position where the frangible member is removed from the container to allow the container closure to be moved between the first and second positions. 15. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the dispensing member is at least one of (i) a drinking spout, (ii) a drinking spout including a one-way check valve, wherein the check valve opens under negative pressure to allow the product to exit the outlet aperture, and (iii) a push-pull cap, wherein the outlet aperture is closed when the cap is in the retracted push position and the outlet aperture is open when the cap is in the extended pull position. 16. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the chamber is adapted for storing a fat containing liquid product; the body, primary seal and dispensing member do not leach more than a predetermined amount of leachables into the fat containing liquid product and do not undesirably alter a taste profile of the fat containing liquid product; and the predetermined amount of leachables is less than about 100 PPM. 17. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the container closure further includes a securing portion connectable to the body for securing the container closure to the body. 18. A container as defined in claim 17, wherein the securing portion is snap-fit to the body. 19. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the body is made from a blow molded polymer. 20. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the primary seal is a thermoplastic elastomer that is heat resealable to hermetically seal a penetration aperture by applying laser radiation at a predetermined wavelength and power thereto, and defines (i) a predetermined wall thickness, (ii) a predetermined color and opacity that substantially absorbs the laser radiation at the predetermined wavelength and substantially prevents the passage of radiation through the predetermined wall thickness thereof, and (iii) a predetermined color and opacity that causes the laser radiation at the predetermined wavelength and power to hermetically seal the penetration aperture in a predetermined time period of less than or equal to about 5 seconds and substantially without burning the primary seal. 21. A container as defined in claim 3, wherein the primary seal is a thermoplastic elastomer that is heat resealable to hermetically seal a penetration aperture by applying laser radiation at a predetermined wavelength and power thereto, and includes (i) a styrene block copolymer; (ii) an olefin; (iii) a predetermined amount of pigment that allows the primary seal to substantially absorb laser radiation at the predetermined wavelength and substantially prevent the passage of radiation through the predetermined wall thickness thereof, and hermetically seal the penetration aperture in a predetermined time period of less than or equal to about 5 seconds; and (iv) a predetermined amount of lubricant that reduces friction forces at an interface of the injection or filling member and primary seal during penetration thereof. 22. An assembly comprising a container as defined in claim 1; a filling apparatus comprising a manifold including a plurality of injection or filling members spaced relative to each other and movable relative to a container support for penetrating a plurality of containers mounted on the support within the filling apparatus, filling the containers through the injection or filling members, and withdrawing the injection or filling members from the filled containers; and a plurality of assemblies, wherein each assembly is connectable to a source of radiation or energy, and is focused substantially on a penetration spot on a penetrable and resealable portion of a respective container closure for applying radiation or energy thereto and resealing a respective penetration aperture therein formed by the injection or filling member. 23. An assembly as recited in claim 22, further comprising: a housing defining an inlet end, an outlet end, and a sterile zone between the inlet and outlet ends;a conveyor located at least partially within the sterile zone and defining a plurality of container positions thereon for supporting and moving containers in a direction from the inlet end toward the outlet end through the sterile zone;a fluid sterilant station located within the sterile zone and coupled in fluid communication with a source of fluid sterilant for transmitting fluid sterilant onto the container closure of a respective container supported on the conveyor within the fluid sterilant station and sterilizing an exposed penetrable and thermally resealable portion of the respective container closure; andat least one sterilant removing station located within the sterile zone between the fluid sterilant station and the outlet end of the housing, and coupled in fluid communication with a source of gas for transmitting the gas onto a container supported on the conveyor within the at least one sterilant removing station to flush away fluid sterilant on the container;wherein the manifold and assemblies are located within the sterile zone between the at least one sterilant removing station and the outlet end of the housing for receiving the sterilized containers therefrom. 24. An assembly as defined in claim 22, wherein the fluid sterilant is hydrogen peroxide. 25. An assembly as defined in claim 22, further comprising a source of sterile gas coupled in fluid communication with the sterile zone for creating an over pressure of sterile gas within the sterile zone, and means for directing a flow of the sterile gas substantially in a direction from the outlet end toward the inlet end of the housing to thereby prevent fluid sterilant from flowing onto containers located adjacent to the manifold. 26. A container as defined in claim 8, wherein the container closure defines a central region and the nipple is laterally spaced relative to the central region. 27. A container for storing a product comprising: first means for providing a chamber for receiving the product; andsecond means for closing the chamber of the first means; third means for forming a substantially fluid-tight seal between the first means and the second means, fourth means for insertion into a user's mouth and drawing the product from the chamber therethrough, and fifth means for hermetically sealing the product in the chamber, whereinthe first means and the second means are moveable relative to each other between a first position and a second position where the fifth means is displaced from its hermetic sealing during the movement from the first position to the second position; andthe fifth means is in fixed relation to at least part of the second means. 28. A container as defined in claim 27, further comprising sixth means for allowing penetration of the second means by an injection or filling member for aseptically filling the chamber with the product through the injection member, and for allowing resealing of the second means to seal the product within the chamber. 29. A container as defined in claim 27, wherein the first means is a container body, the second means is a container closure, the third means is a sealing member, the fourth means is a nipple, and the fifth means is a sealing member that is movable between a first position to hermetically seal the product in the chamber and a second position to allow the product to flow out of the chamber and into the nipple for dispensing. 30. A container as defined in claim 28, wherein the sixth means is a penetrable and resealable elastomeric portion that is penetrable by the injection member for aseptically filling the chamber with the product through the injection member, and that is resealable to seal the product within the chamber by the application of radiation or energy thereto. 31. A container as defined in claim 1, further including a removable overcap attached to at least one of the container closure and body. 32. A container as defined in claim 3, wherein the elastomeric portion is thermally resealable. 33. A container as defined in claim 4, wherein the primary seal is thermally resealable. 34. A container as defined in claim 30, wherein the elastomeric portion is thermally resealable by the application of laser radiation or energy thereto. 35. An assembly as defined in claim 22, wherein said assemblies are laser optic assemblies connectible to a source of laser radiation. 36. An assembly as defined in claim 22, wherein said source is one of a source of laser radiation and a source of thermal energy. 37. An assembly as defined in claim 22, wherein the injection or filling members comprise needles. 38. A container as defined in claim 5, wherein the dispensing member is eccentrically mounted on the container closure and defines an axis of symmetry that is oriented at an acute angle relative to an elongated axis of the body, and wherein the vent aperture is laterally spaced from the dispensing member on an approximately opposite side of the container closure relative to the dispensing member. 39. A container as defined in claim 1, further comprising a sealing member, movable between a first position, sealing the outlet aperture, and a second position, opening the outlet aperture. 40. A container as defined in claim 39, the sealing member is frangibly connected to at least one of the dispensing member and container closure in the first position, and the sealing member is disconnected from the at least one of the dispensing member and container closure in the second position. 41. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein when the container closure or body is moved relative to the other, the secondary seal maintains the substantially fluid-tight seal between the container closure and the body. 42. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the primary seal comprises a sealing surface, and during movement of the container closure or the body, both the sealing surface and the primary seal are moved relative to the outflow port. 43. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the primary seal defines an axis therethrough and the outflow port defines an axis therethrough, and wherein, in the first position the axis of the primary seal and the axis of the outflow port are substantially aligned, and in the second position the axis of the primary seal and the axis of the outflow port are substantially not aligned. 44. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein, when the closure is moved from the first position to the second position, the secondary seal moves relative to the body while maintaining maintains the substantially fluid-tight seal between the container closure and the body. 45. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the container defines a longitudinal axis extending therethrough and wherein the primary seal rotates about the longitudinal axis of the container when the closure is moved from the first position to the second position. 46. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the body defines a surface overlying the chamber defining a majority of surface area between the chamber and the container closure, and the outflow port defines a substantially lesser surface area than said surface. 47. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the body defines a longitudinal axis extending therethrough and wherein the outflow port is offset from the longitudinal axis of the body. 48. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the primary seal forms an interference fit with the outflow port. 49. A container as defined in claim 1, wherein the primary seal defines an internal surface in fluid communication with the chamber and forms at least most of the surface area of the container closure that can contact any product within the chamber in the first position.
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