Patent ID: 6375001
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A liquid storing pouch and an extractor for removing liquid from the pouch comprising: a pouch having a wall providing a sealed internal chamber, a liquid contained within the chamber occupying 90% or less of the volume of the chamber defining a volume of the chamber that does not contain liquid, said wall including first and second flexible side walls surrounding the chamber, said volume of the chamber that does not contain liquid having a portion of air evacuated therefrom in sufficient quantity to permit the liquid to be displaced within the chamber whereby portions of the side walls are located in adjacent collapsed positions within the volume of the chamber that does not contain liquid, means securing adjacent portions of the first and second side walls together to enclose the liquid within the chamber, and a rigid extractor located within the chamber for removing liquid from the chamber, said extractor having a length shorter than said side walls and being free floating in the liquid across said side walls whereby when the side walls are collapsed towards one another the free floating extractor can be grasped so that a portion thereof can be forced through a portion of said wall whereby the liquid in said chamber can be removed with the extractor to a location externally of the pouch.