Portable liquid-dispensing bag

• US 7,896,199 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2007
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daniel Steven Kaczmarek
• Original Assignee: Daniel Steven Kaczmarek
• Inventors: Kaczmarek, Daniel Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaver; Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): BAINBRIDGE, ANDREW PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US11/799,205
• Publication Number:
  US 20080272146A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,400 Days
• Field of Search: 222/94, 222/105, 222129-131, 222/183, 222/146.1, 222/146.2, 222/146.6, 383/202, 383/37, 383/47, 383/64, 383/113, 383/108, 215/232, 137/614.2, 220/203.24
• US Class Current: 222/94
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2577/042 Comprising several inner containers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/525 External rigid or semi-rigid supports
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/5877 connected to a planar surface of the package wall
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/04 Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/067 combined with a valve, a tap or a piercer
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/225 Pressure relief-valves incorporated in a container wall, e.g. valves comprising at least one elastic element
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/88054 Direct response normally closed valve limits direction of flow

Abstract

A portable, liquid-dispensing bag that has a bag within one or more bags. A fitment portal aligns openings in the one or more inner bags and outer the outer bag, which in at least one embodiment accommodates a tap. A variety of arrangements and variations are possible, including having a re-sealable opening in both the inner bag or bags and a re-sealable opening in the outer bag. A gas vent can be added to either the inner or outer bags. It is contemplated that a drinkable liquid is stored in an inner bag, and ice or cold water is stored in the outer bag to keep the drinking fluid cold.

Claims

1. A portable, liquid-dispensing bag comprising:

(a) an outer bag constructed of a flexible liquid proof material and having a second re-sealable opening,

(b) one or more inner bags constructed of a flexible liquid proof material having a second reseaelable opening;

(c) a fitment portal for connecting said outer bag in a liquid proof manner to a one or more inner bags; and

(d) an other container, said other container fitted with a tap, said fitment portal sized to accommodate passage of said tap therethrough.

2. The portable, liquid-dispensing bag of claim 1 further comprising a resealable tap to permit liquids present in said outer bag to be drained from said outer bag.

3. The portable, liquid-dispensing bag of claim 1 wherein said fitment portal is configured to form a liquid proof chamber around a container.

4. The portable, liquid-dispensing bag of claim 1 further comprising a rigid external container.

5. The portable, liquid-dispensing bag of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of temporarily sealed openings in one or more inner bags to permit fluid to move through the surface defined by said inner bag.

6. The portable, liquid-dispensing bag of claim 1 wherein said fitment portal comprises a first ring and a second ring.

7. The portable, liquid-dispensing bag of claim 1 wherein one or more of said inner bags further comprises a resealable gas vent.

8. A portable, liquid-dispensing bag comprising:

(a) one or more inner bags constructed of a first flexible liquid proof material and having first re-sealable opening,

(b) an outer bag constructed of a second flexible liquid proof material and having a second re-sealable opening, and

(c) a fitment portal connecting said inner bag to said outer bag in a liquid proof manner and passing through both said inner bag and said outer bag to provide a passage from the inside of said inner bag to the outside of said outer bag, and

(d) one or more additional inner bags and one or more fitment portals connecting said additional inner bags to said outer bag in a liquid proof manner and passing through said additional inner bag, said inner bag and said outer bag to provide a passage from the inside of said additional inner bag to the outside of said outer bag.

9. The portable, liquid-dispensing bag of claim 8 further comprising a rigid external container.

10. The portable, liquid-dispensing bag of claim 8 further comprising a plurality of temporarily sealed openings in one or more inner bags to permit fluid to move through the surface defined by said inner bag.

11. The portable, liquid-dispensing bag of claim 8 wherein said fitment portal comprises a first ring and a second ring.

12. The portable, liquid-dispensing bag of claim 8 wherein one or more of said inner bags further comprises a resealable gas vent.

13. The portable, liquid-dispensing bag of claim 8 further comprising a resealable tap to permit liquids present in said outer bag to be drained from said outer bag.