Patent Application
20230166903
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The disclosure relates to fluid holding pouch devices and more particularly pertains to a new fluid holding pouch device for cost efficiently preserving fresh cut flowers during transport from a point of sale.
The prior art relates to fluid holding pouch devices. Known prior art lacks a self contained receptacle to resist tipping during transport which is also cost efficient for preserving fresh cut flowers during transport from a point of sale.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pouch defining an interior space. The pouch has a pair of lateral sides and an upper edge. The upper edge is removable from a body of the pouch to expose an opening into the interior space. A hydrating fluid is in the interior space. A closure is positioned on the body of the pouch adjacent to the opening for selectively closing the opening. A tether line extends from the pouch for engaging interior structure of a vehicle for transporting flowers having stems extending into the hydrating fluid within the interior space of the pouch.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated.
There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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Respective medial sections 26 of the front edge 22 and the rear edge 24 are covexly arcuate. The pouch 12 is generally symmetrical such that determination of the front edge 22 and rear edge 24 are mirror images of each other. The pouch 12 has a medial portion 28 between the lateral sides 18. The medial portion 28 extends upwardly from the medial sections 26 of the front edge 22 and the rear edge 24. The medial portion 28 flares outwardly extending away from the bottom side 20 of the pouch 12.
An upper edge 30 of the pouch 12 is removable from a body 32 of the pouch 12 to expose an opening 34 into the interior space 14. A hydrating fluid 36 is positioned in the interior space 14 and enclosed within the pouch 12 prior to removal of the upper edge 30. The hydrating fluid 36 may be water alone or a mixture of water and plant nutrients dissolved into water. It is contemplated the plant nutrients would be those known to persons skilled in the art and currently provided in a packet at the time of purchase for addition to water when placing fresh cut flowers into a vase or other receptacle at a final display destination.
A closure 38 is coupled to the pouch 12. The closure 38 may be a zipper resealable press to seal closure. The closure 38 is positioned on the body 32 of the pouch 12 adjacent to the opening 34. The closure 38 selectively closes the opening 34 when desired. The closure 38 may be provided with a conventional enhanced seal holding the closure in a sealed condition until after the upper edge 30 is removed and a user initially opens the closure 38.
A tether line 40 is coupled to the pouch 12 facilitating holding of the pouch 12 in an upright position to inhibit tipping or spillage. The tether line 40 extends from the pouch 12 such that the tether line 40 is configured for engaging interior structure 42 of a vehicle 44. Thus, the pouch 12 is configured for transporting flowers having stems extending into the hydrating fluid 36 within the interior space 14 of the pouch 12. A toggle 66 may be coupled to the tether line 40 wherein the toggle 66 is configured for forming the tether line 40 into an adjustable sized loop 46 extending from the pouch 12. Thus, the tether line 40 can be used to hang the pouch 12 from a seat back, hook, or similar structure in the vehicle 44. The toggle 66 has a locking element 48 biased into engagement with the tether line 40 for fixing a position of the toggle 66 on the tether line 40. The locking element 48 is manipulatable to release the locking element 48 from the tether line 40 for adjustment of a position of the toggle 66 on the tether line 40. Alternatively, the tether line 40 may also be simply tied into a loop or otherwise secured by a clip or other binder sufficient to hold the tether line 40 in the loop 46 without becoming disengaged from the interior structure 42 of the vehicle 44. It is also contemplated that the tether line 40 may be used to hang or engage the pouch 12 to any supporting structure other than inside the vehicle 44 if so desired. The pouch 12 is also sized similar to conventional sizes of travel cups or bottles to be positionable within a cup holder 50 in the vehicle 44. It is also contemplated that the tether line 40 may be formed integrally with the structure of the pouch 12 and set off by perforations to allow for the tether line 40 to be separated along the perforations forming a single piece or two pieces extending from the pouch 12.
The pouch 12 may have a pair of notches 52 extending into a respective one of the lateral sides 18 of the pouch 12. Each notch 52 is configured to facilitate tearing of the pouch 12 between the closure 38 and the upper edge 30 for removal of the upper edge 30 to expose the opening 34.
Indicia 54 may be positioned on the pouch 12. The indicia 54 may be related to an occasion or event such as an anniversary, birthday, holiday, or any occasion when it may be common to purchase flowers as a gift or decorative display.
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In use, the pouch 12 is made available for purchase where fresh cut flowers or flower arrangements may be purchased. The pouch 12 is opened and flowers inserted so that the hydrating fluid 36 is accessible to the fresh cut flowers or arrangement. This facilitates preservation of the flowers and prevents wilting or premature drying of the flowers during transport from the point of sale. This allows flowers to be bought and preserved at less expense than purchasing a vase and with less concern or need to rush to a destination where the flowers can be placed into a more permanent receptacle such as a vase.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
I hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 119(e) of U.S. Provisional application 63/361,139 filed Nov. 29, 2021.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63361139 | Nov 2021 | US |
