Patent ID: 9688459
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61J,B05B,B65D

Claim:
1. A disposable flexible self-supporting container for a fluent product, comprising: a product volume for the fluent product at least partially defined by a nonstructural panel having at least one flat space; one or more structural support members, wherein each structural support member includes an expanded structural support volume, which is a fillable space made from one or more flexible materials and is filled with one or more gases at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, wherein the one or more gases create tension in the one or more flexible materials; one or more surface elements projecting outwardly from at least one of the flat spaces on the nonstructural panel, wherein the one or more surface elements comprise at least one nonstructural volume to define a finger rest on the nonstructural panel; and a dispenser for dispensing the fluent product from the product volume.