Patent ID: 6254273
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
In combination, a gusseted package having an interior for holding material therein and a pour-spout closure therefor, said package being formed of a flexible material and comprising first and second panels connected to each other by respective side gussets, each of said panels having an upper end portion, at least a portion of which conjoin to form a pour-through mouth for said package, said pour-through mouth being openable from a closed state to an open state to enable material within said interior of said package to be poured out of said package, said pour-spout closure being arranged for opening and closing said pour-through mouth and consisting essentially of a first closure section and a second closure section, said first closure section integral to said second closure section, coupled together by a living hinge, said first closure section including a first cut-away portion and being arranged to be located on said first panel with said first cut-away portion being disposed over at least a portion of said pour-through mouth, said second closure section including a second cut-away portion arranged to be located on said second panel with said second cut-away portion being disposed over at least a portion of said pour-through mouth, said first and second closure sections being elongated members extending substantially the width of said first and second panels, respectively, and being arranged to be moved with respect to each other into a confronting, releasably secured relationship, whereupon a top surface of each of said first and second closure sections substantially abut one another such that said top surface of said first closure section is in contact with said top surface of said second closure section, said first and second closure sections also being arranged to be moved into a non-confronting, non-secured relationship with each other, whereupon said pour-through mouth is opened and said first and second closure sections are separated about said living hinge such that said first and second closure sections are substantially co-planar so that the material within the package can be poured therethrough, wherein each of said elongated closure sections includes a pair of opposed side edges, a top edge and a bottom edge, and wherein each of said cut-away portions is located contiguous with one of said opposed side edges and a contiguous portion of said top edge such that said cut-away portions form an open-ended spout at only one end of said pour-spout closure.