Patent ID: 6935996

Claim:
A method of making a beverage container constructed from at least two panels of flexible laminate web material, said method comprising: providing at least a first panel thereof having an outer structural layer, a barrier layer and an inner sealant layer, wherein the inner sealant layer has a thickness, punching a hole through all of said layers of said first panel, and extrusion coating a molten supplemental sealant layer along the entire outer surface of said inner sealant layer, thereby occluding said punched hole and simultaneously providing an integrally-formed specific area of weakness for ease of puncture, wherein said inner sealant layer and said supplemental sealant layer together have a combined thickness of approximately 80-90 microns, and said inner sealant layer is provided at one-half of said combined thickness, cooling said first panel; joining said at least two panels together to thereby form a drinking pouch.