Claims
- 1. A dispensing package comprising:
- A sealed enclosure determined by superimposed first and second flexible sheets and a peripheral seal circumscribing the sheets, the seal comprising a top edge, a bottom edge, and opposed first and second side edges;
- means for dividing the sealed enclosure into a storage reservoir and a dispensing channel, the dispensing channel including an open distal end portion in fluid communication with the storage reservoir, and an opposed closed proximal end portion contiguous to a section of the bottom edge of the peripheral seal, said dividing means comprises a depending seal comprising an upper portion, an opposed lower portion, and a central portion disposed between the upper and lower portions, the upper portion being in spaced proximity to the top edge of the peripheral seal, and the lower portion being contiguous to the bottom edge of the peripheral seal; and
- tear open means, responsive to force means, for tearing open the proximal end portion and peripheral seal section, said tear open means being disposed within the central portion of said depending seal and being defined by an aperture having a pointed portion and an opposed generally rounded portion.
- 2. The package of claim 1, wherein the pointed portion is oriented toward said proximal end portion and said peripheral seal section.
- 3. The package of claim 1, further comprising hanging means for hanging the package so that the bottom edge of the peripheral seal is downward.
- 4. The package of claim 3, wherein the hanging means comprises an extension of the top edge of the peripheral seal, the extension comprising continuations of the first and second sheets, the sheet continuations being fused together, and the extension including a hole.
- 5. The package of claim 1, further comprising a dispensable material disposed within the sealed enclosure.
- 6. The package of claim 5, wherein the material is selected from the group consisting of liquid soap, shampoo, hair conditioner and body lotion.
- 7. The package of claim 1, wherein the sheet are made of a polymeric material.
- 8. A method for preparing a multiuse, flexible, dispensing package which comprises:
- forming a flexible enclosure circumscribed by a peripheral seal, except for an open portion for receiving viscous material;
- forming within the enclosure a storage reservoir and a dispensing channel, the dispensing channel including an open portion in fluid communication with the storage reservoir and an opposed closed portion contiguous to a section of the peripheral seal, wherein the step of forming the storage reservoir and the dispensing channel comprises forming a depending seal in the enclosure, the depending seal comprising an upper portion, an opposed lower portion, and a central portion disposed between the upper and lower portions, the central portion having an aperture therein and the lower portion being contiguous to said peripheral section; and
- substantially filling the storage reservoir through said open portion with a viscous material and thereafter sealing said open portion;
- said flexible package being manipulatable to move a quantity of viscous material from the storage reservoir to the dispensing channel and being tearable to open the closed portion of the dispensing channel and the contiguous section of the peripheral seal to thereby expel viscous material within the dispensing channel outwardly from the package through the torn opening under manipulating force applied to the dispensing channel.
- 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the aperture is formed with a pointed portion and a generally opposed rounded portion.
- 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the pointed portion of the aperture is oriented toward the opposed closed portion of the depending seal which is contiguous to a section of the peripheral seal.
- 11. A dispensing package comprising:
- an enclosure determined by superimposed first and second flexible sheets and a peripheral seal circumscribing the sheets, the seal comprising a top edge, a bottom edge, and opposed first and second side edges;
- a generally vertical depending seal dividing the enclosure into a storage reservoir and a dispensing channel, the dispensing channel comprising an open distal end portion in fluid communication with the storage reservoir, and an opposed closed proximal end portion contiguous to a section of the bottom edge of the peripheral seal, and the depending seal comprising an upper portion, an opposed lower portion, and a central portion disposed between the upper and lower portions, the upper portion being in spaced proximity to the top edge of the peripheral seal, the lower portion being contiguous to the bottom edge section of the peripheral seal, the central portion having an aperture disposed therein, the aperture having a pointed portion and an opposed generally rounded portion, the pointed portion being oriented toward said proximal end portion and said bottom edge section; and
- an extension of the top edge of the peripheral seal, the extension comprising continuations of the first and second sheets, the sheet continuations being fused together, and the extension including a hole.
- 12. A dispensing package comprising:
- first and second juxtaposed enclosures determined respectively, by a first and second pair of superimposed flexible sheets, the first and second enclosures bounded by a common top sealed edge, a common bottom sealed edge, and a common interior sealed edge generally orthogonal to the top and bottom edges, the first and second enclosures further determined, respectively, by first and second side edges generally parallel to the common interior sealed edge;
- a first and second generally vertical depending seal dividing, respectively, the first and second enclosures into a first and second storage reservoir and a first and second dispensing channel, the dispensing channels each comprising an open distal portion in fluid communication with the storage reservoir, and an opposed closed proximal end portion contiguous, respectively, to first and second sections of the bottom sealed edge, each depending seal comprising an upper portion, an opposed lower portion, and a central portion disposed between the upper and lower portions, each upper portion in spaced proximity to the top sealed edge, the first and second lower portions contiguous, respectively, to the first and second bottom edge sections, and the central portions each having an aperture disposed therein, each aperture having a pointed portion and an opposed generally rounded portion, each pointed portion oriented toward the corresponding proximal end portion and bottom edge section; and
- an extension of the top edge of the peripheral seal, the extension comprising continuations of the first and second pairs of sheets, the sheet continuations fused together, and the extension including a hole.
- 13. A dispensing package comprising:
- an enclosure determined by superimposed first and second flexible sheets and a peripheral seal circumscribing the sheets, the seal comprising a top edge, opposed first and second side edges, and a lower edge including first and second sections joined at an acutely angled vertex;
- a depending seal comprising a generally vertical portion and a transverse portion generally orthogonal to the vertical portion, the vertical portion dividing the enclosure into a storage reservoir and a dispensing channel, the dispensing channel comprising an open distal end in fluid communication with the storage reservoir, and a closed transverse portion contiguous to said lower edge, the transverse portion having an aperture disposed therein, the aperture having a pointed portion and an opposed generally rounded portion, the pointed portion oriented toward said vertex; and
- an extension of the top edge of the peripheral seal, the extension comprising continuations of the first and second sheet, the sheet continuations fused together, and the extension including a hole.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Design patent application No. 29/014,753 filed Nov. 1, 1993 for Dispensing Package With Teardrop Finger Slot, now U.S. Design Pat. No. 354,221 dated Jan. 10, 1995.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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