ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,569, issued on April 15, was assigned to TOYO SEIKAN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Spouted pouch" was invented by Hiroki Tanaka (Yokohama, Japan) and Motohide Hata (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a spouted pouch with a simple structure and improved self-standing ability of the pouch body. The spouted pouch 10 is configured to dispense a liquid content from a spout 60 attached to a side face of a pouch body 20 in a state placed with a pouch bottom 20a down. The pouch body 20 further includes a first shape-controlling seal portion 24 formed by heat sealing a first film 30 and a side film 40 together at a location on an i...