The present invention relates to an airtight bag for preserving a first substance and at least one second substance.
Airtight bags are used today for preserving e.g. food products such as snack, biscuits. The bags may be filled with gaseous material such as air, where the sole purpose is to prevent the food products from being crushed during transit. In some cases, the purpose of the gaseous material is to extend shell life of the food product. For example, nitrogen is often used as the gaseous material in the bag so as to reduce oxidation, which may occur more rapidly when simply atmospheric air is used within the airtight bag.
Due to this, such bags are designed for facilitating a user's access to the food products in the bag, e.g. via simple perforations or separable components at a top end of the bag allowing the user to open the bag completely via tearing off the perforations or separating the bag components. Other user friendly solutions may be used for allowing the user easily open the bag. However, the known gaseous material provided within the bags does not serve more function other than protecting the food products and reducing overall oxidation of the food products.
It is an object of embodiments of the present disclosure to provide a bag that is capable of preserving more than one substances and that allows a user to access said substances in a user friendly manner.
In general, the disclosure preferably seeks to provide a first substance that serves more purpose than simply protecting the food products. In particular, it may be seen as an object of embodiments of the present disclosure to provide a bag that solves the above mentioned problems, or other problems, and to mitigate, alleviate or eliminate one or more of the above mentioned disadvantages of the prior art singly or in any combination.
To better address one or more of these concerns, in a first aspect of the disclosure an airtight bag is provided for preserving a first substance and at least one second substance, comprising:
In one embodiment, the first substance comprises a gaseous substance adapted to be inhaled by the user via said first opening. An example of such a gaseous substance is cannabis smoke where via the first opening the user may easily inhale the cannabis smoke. However, the gaseous substances of course should not be construed as being limited to cannabis smoke, but cannabis smoke is merely given here as an example.
In one embodiment, the at least one second substance comprises a snack product and where the at least one second opening is larger that said first opening.
The first gaseous substance thus not only serves in preventing the food products from being crushed during transit by maintaining the pressure within the volume of the bag, but also serves as a consumption substance for the user. Referring to the example above where the first substance is a cannabis smoke, it is well known that cannabis causes increased hunger in the user. As such, its consumption is often accompanied by snack foods, for example, potato chips. The fact that both the first and the second substances are within the same bag, the user does not have to make an effort to go to two different locations, i.e. one where cannabis has been legalized and is sold, and to a different shop to buy the food product, such as the potato chips. At worst, this could create an unsafe situation if the user chooses to travel, for example, by driving or walking, while impaired. More importantly, by using all the space within the bag where both the first and the at least one second substances are adapted to be consumed by the user makes the bag more environmentally friendly due to less waste.
The first and the second substances should of course not be construed as being limited to any particular substances, but may as well be selected from, but not limited to, one or more of the following: any type of food product, any type of a liquid, any type of a medical product. As an example, the first substance could be a medical substance is gaseous form and the second substance could be water or some other liquid for flushing the mouth subsequent to the inhalation. For example, asthma medications are often in an inhaled gaseous form. But some asthma medications also leave a residue in the mouth which is not necessary to be maintained in the mouth and causes discomfort or foul taste in the mouth of the user. Thus, according to one embodiment, the first substance could be an asthma treatment medication, while the second substance could be a liquid, such as water, for rinsing the mouth.
In yet another embodiment, the first substance is a gaseous substance that includes a pleasant aroma, for example, a savory aroma or an appetite inducing aroma. Such an aroma, for example, the appetite inducing aroma, is helpful to users with a suppressed appetite, for example, users undergoing chemotherapy. According to this embodiment, the second substance is a food product, which becomes more appetizing to the user due to the appetite inducing aroma of the first substance. Such a combination thus improves the likelihood that the appetite-suppressed user will consume the food product of the second substance.
In one embodiment, the first and the at least one second opening devices comprise tearing devices adapted to be torn off by the user to provide said first and at least one second openings. In one embodiment the tearing device comprises a perforation. In another embodiment, the first opening device comprises a screw-up closure.
In one embodiment, said first and at least one second tearing devices are positioned side by side at one end of said bag with the first perforation being positioned adjacent to a corner of the bag such that said first opening extends from the one end and an adjoining side of the bag and defines a gaseous substance opening, and where said at least one second opening is an enlargement of the first opening and defines a snack product opening. A simple and user friendly solution is thus provided for allowing the user to e.g. inhale the first substance where the first opening may be such that it is adapted to the user's mouth, and where the second opening may be adapted to facilitate the user to access the second substance, e.g. said snack.
However, this disclosure is not limited to such an arrangement. For example, the first tearing device may be placed on one side of the top of the bag, while the second tearing device may be placed at the other side of the top of the bag, at the opposite corner.
In one embodiment, the access to the first substance and the at least one second substances is performed in a specified order, i.e. as already addressed, this may preferably such that first the first substance is accessed, and subsequently said second substance. Said substances may however in one embodiment also be accessed in an unspecified order.
In one embodiment, said opening devices are selected from one or more of the following: a perforation device, a screw up closure, tear notch, perforation, connecting flaps adhered together with an easily separable adhesive, or a plastic ZIPLOC® connector, or another zipper-like or snap-shut opening and closing device. Such an adhesive, ZIPLOC®, or other plastic zipper-like or snap-shut opening and closing device provides the added benefit of allowing the user to partake in some of the first substance or second substance, without having to use all of the first substance or second substance. For example, if the first opening device is a zipper-like opening and closing device, the user is thus permitted to inhale part of the first substance, for example, cannabis smoke, while leaving a remainder of cannabis smoke within the bag to be inhaled at a later time.
In one embodiment, said first opening device comprises a closing function for allowing closing the first opening.
In one embodiment, said second opening device comprises a closing function for allowing closing the second opening.
Such a closing function is well known to a person skilled in the art and may e.g. comprise any type of adhesion means and the like. The user does therefore not need to finish the first and/or the at least one second substance at once, but instead can close first and/or the second opening again.
In a second aspect of the disclosure, a method is provided of manufacturing an airtight bag for preserving a first substance and at least one second substance, comprising:
In one embodiment, the method further comprises a step of generating said first and at least one opening devices subsequent to said sealing, where said step may in one embodiment comprise generating a first and at least one second perforations configured to be torn off by a user. As already addressed, the first substances comprises a gaseous substance, which may be comprise, but is not limited to, a cannabis smoke, and where the at least one second substance comprises a snack product.
In general the various aspects of the disclosure may be combined and coupled in any way possible within the scope of the disclosure. These and other aspects, features and/or advantages of the disclosure will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter.
Embodiments of the disclosure will be described, by way of example only, with reference to the drawings, in which
In another embodiment, the first substance includes metabolizable components of cannabis smoke provided in a high-nitrogen gas. Such a combination would provide the desired effects of the cannabis smoke, while the high-nitrogen content of the gas would reduce oxidation of the second substance, for example, oxidation of the oils of the potato chips which may produce a funny or “off” flavor.
In another embodiment, the first substance is a gaseous substance that includes a medication.
In another embodiment, the first substance is a gaseous substance that includes a medication to be consumed by the user.
In another embodiment, the first substance is a gaseous substance that includes an appetite including aroma. In yet another embodiment, the first substance is an appetite including medication. In yet another embodiment, the first substance is a medicated mist. The first substance may also include tobacco smoke, peyote smoke, or synthetic smokes or synthetic cannabinoids. The first substance, according to another embodiment, may include smoke of salvia divinorum. In another embodiment, the first substance is mist having particles sizes larger than those in ordinary smoke. For example, the first substance may include an aromatic mist. In another embodiment, the first substance is a gaseous substance that includes tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), in either a mist form or a smoke form. In another embodiment, the first substance is a gaseous substance that includes an herbal incense or an herbal smoking blend. In yet another embodiment, the first substance is a gaseous substance that includes other cannabinoid in a mist form, such as cannabidiol, cannabinol, cannabigerol, tetrahydrocannabivarin, or other cannabinoids, either natural or synthetically produced. Alternatively, the first substance may be any of the above components in an aerosol form, or in a solvent form, in any other inhalant type form.
As shown in
The first and the second opening devices 101, 102 shown here comprise tearing devices, e.g. perforations and the like, positioned side by side at one end of said bag.
In another embodiment, as shown in
In an embodiment not shown here, the first opening device may be designed such that the user 210 may at all time close it back, such as a ZIPLOC® connector, where an appropriate sealing mechanism, e.g. adhesion on the inner side, may be provided, for allowing the user to close the first opening. In that way the bag does not require the user to finish the first substance immediately.
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In another embodiment, in the outer view of
According to this embodiment, the user may inhale the first substance 404, and then is provided access through the second opening 412 to remove the second bag 450. The second bag 450 may be opened through the third opening device 452 to provide third opening 462. According to this example, the second substance 405 is protected by both a first substance 404 contained within the first bag body 403 and also by a third substance 406 contained only within the second bag 450. The first substance may include, for example, cannabis smoke, while the third substance 406 includes a high-nitrogen content gas. According to this example, the second substance 405, which may include, for example, potato chips, may be contained in such a way that the second substance is not infused with the taste or aroma of the first substance 404. For example, the potato chips are not infused with the smell or taste of the cannabis smoke, but can be regular-tasting potato chips or any other type of food product or liquid or slurry. And the high-nitrogen content of the third substance 406 will maintain the “freshness” of the second substance 405 by reducing overall oxidation of the second substance 405.
Further, although not shown, the first opening device of a system similar to that of
Similar to that of
In an embodiment not shown here, the first opening device may be designed such that the user 420 may close it back, such as a ZIPLOC® connector, where an appropriate sealing mechanism, e.g. adhesion on the inner side, may be provided, for allowing the user to close the first opening. In that way the bag does not require the user to finish the first substance immediately.
In the above examples, the bag may be made of a plastic, metal foil, or laminate material. For example, the bag material may be of a metalized polypropylene material. For example, the bag material may be a plastic-type material covered with a thin aluminum film. Or the bag may simply include a polypropylene material, oriented polyproplylene (such as biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP), or a low-density polyethylene film. Alternatively, the bag material may be made of multiple layers of polymer materials, such as biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) on the inside, a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) as a middle layer, another middle layer of BOPP, and an outer layer of a thermoplastic resin, such as Surlyn®. Or alternatively, the bag material may consist of metal films, such as aluminum or tin foil. Or, the bag material may be composed of a laminate material of one or more plastic layers and one or more metal films. Alternatively, the bag material may include a rubber or polymer-based material.
In another embodiment, the inner lining of the bag is coated with a chemical material that reduces condensation of the metabolizable components of the first substance. For example, the inner layer of the bag material may have a surfactant provided thereon that reduces condensation of THC or other cannabinoids on the inner surface of the bag material and maintain the metabolizable components of the first substance, for example, cannabis smoke, in a gaseous state within the bag material.
Based on the above disclosure, the following configurations of embodiments are provided.
1. An airtight bag for preserving a first substance and at least one second substance, the bag comprising:
2. The airtight bag according to 1 above and/or 3-13 below, wherein the first substance comprises a gaseous substance adapted to be inhaled by the user via said first opening.
3. The airtight bag according to 1 and/or 2 above and/or 4-13 below, wherein the gaseous substance comprises a cannabis smoke.
4. The airtight bag according to 1-3 above and/or 5-13 below, wherein the at least one second substance comprises a snack product and where the at least one second opening is larger that said first opening.
5. The airtight bag according to 1-4 above and/or 6-13 below, wherein the first and the at least one second opening devices comprise tearing devices adapted to be teared off by the user for providing said first and at least one second openings.
6. The airtight bag according to 1-5 above and/or 7-13 below, wherein the tearing devices comprise a perforation.
7. The airtight bag according to 1-6 above and/or 8-13 below, wherein the first opening device comprises a screw-up closure.
8. The airtight bag according to 1-7 above and/or 9-13 below, wherein said first and at least one second tearing devices are positioned side by side at one end of said bag with the first perforation being positioned adjacent to a corner of the bag such that said first opening extends from the one end and an adjoining side of the bag and defines a gaseous substance opening, and where said at least one second opening is an enlargement of the first opening and defines and snack product opening.
9. The airtight bag according to 1-8 above and/or 10-13 below, wherein the bag comprises a bag and where said first substance and at least one second substances are preserved in the bag.
10. The airtight bag according to 1-9 above and/or 11-13 below, wherein the access to the first substance and the at least one second substances is performed in a specified order.
11. The airtight bag according to 1-10 above and/or 12-13 below, wherein the access to the first substance and the at least one second substances is performed in an unspecified order.
12. The airtight bag according to 1-11 above and/or 13 below, wherein said opening devices include one or more of the following:
13. The airtight bag according to 1-12 above, wherein the first and the at least one second substances include one or more of the following:
14. A method of manufacturing an airtight bag for preserving a first substance and at least one second substance, comprising:
15. The method according to 14 above and/or 16-19 below, further comprising a step of generating said first and at least one opening devices subsequent to said sealing.
16. The method according to 14 and/or 15 above and/or 17-19 below, wherein said step of generating said first and at least one opening devices comprises generating a first and at least one second perforations configured to be torn off by a user.
17. The method according to 14-16 above and/or 18-19 below, wherein the first substance comprises a gaseous substance.
18. The method according to 14-17 above and/or 19 below, wherein the gaseous substance comprises a cannabis smoke.
19. The method according to 14-18 above, wherein the at least one second substance comprises a snack product.
20. An airtight bag system for preserving a first substance and at least one second substance, the system comprising:
21. The airtight bag system according to 20 above and/or 22-32 below, wherein the first substance comprises a gaseous substance adapted to be inhaled by the user via said first opening.
22. The airtight bag system according to 20 and/or 21 above and/or 23-32 below, wherein the gaseous substance comprises a cannabis smoke.
23. The airtight bag system according to 20-22 above and/or 24-32 below, wherein the at least one second substance comprises a snack product and where the at least one second opening is larger that said first opening.
24. The airtight bag system according to 20-23 above and/or 25-32 below, wherein the first and the at least one second opening devices comprise tearing devices adapted to be teared off by the user for providing said first and at least one second openings.
25. The airtight bag system according to 20-24 above and/or 26-32 below, wherein the tearing devices comprise a perforation.
26. The airtight bag system according to 20-25 above and/or 27-32 below, wherein the first opening device comprises a screw-up closure.
27. The airtight bag according to 20-26 above and/or 28-32 below, wherein said first and at least one second tearing devices are positioned side by side at one end of said bag with the first perforation being positioned adjacent to a corner of the bag such that said first opening extends from the one end and an adjoining side of the bag and defines a gaseous substance opening, and where said at least one second opening is an enlargement of the first opening and defines and snack product opening.
28. The airtight bag system according to 20-27 above and/or 29-32 below, wherein the bag system comprises a first bag and where said first substance is preserved in the first bag and at least one second substances are preserved in the second bag.
29. The airtight bag system according to 20-28 above and/or 29-32 below, wherein the access to the first substance and the at least one second substances is performed in a specified order.
30. The airtight bag system according to 20-29 above and/or 31-32 below, wherein the access to the first substance and the at least one second substances is performed in an unspecified order.
31. The airtight bag system according to 20-30 above and/or 32 below, wherein said opening devices include one or more of the following:
32. The airtight bag system according to 20-31 above, wherein the first and the at least one second substances include one or more of the following:
While the disclosure has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, such illustration and description are to be considered illustrative or exemplary and not restrictive; the disclosure is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Other variations to the disclosed embodiments can be understood and effected by those skilled in the art in practicing the claimed disclosure, from a study of the drawings, the disclosure, and the appended claims. In the claims, the word “comprising” does not exclude other elements or steps, and the indefinite article “a” or “an” does not exclude a plurality. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to advantage.
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