Holder for flexible pouch container

Abstract

A flexible pouch container holder for a flexible pouch container includes a deformable flexible sheet and has an opening in an upper portion of the flexible pouch container, a liquid contained inside the flexible pouch container being discharged through the opening, wherein the holder includes a bottom support portion which supports a bottom of the flexible pouch container; and a peripheral support portion which is higher in rigidity than the flexible pouch container, has elasticity, is open at the top of the peripheral support portion and continuous with the bottom support portion, and surrounds a portion of the flexible pouch container which is positioned below the opening when the bottom of the flexible pouch container is placed on the bottom support portion.

1 . A flexible pouch container holder in which the holder is made of resin and used for a flexible pouch container, which is made of a deformable flexible sheet and has an opening in an upper portion of said flexible pouch container, a liquid contained inside said flexible pouch container being discharged through said opening, said holder comprising:
 a bottom support portion which supports a bottom of said flexible pouch container; and   
       a peripheral support portion which is higher in rigidity than said flexible pouch container, has elasticity, is open at a top of said peripheral support portion, gradually decreases an inner diameter thereof in an upward direction, is continuous with said bottom support portion, surrounds a portion of said flexible pouch container which is positioned below said opening when a bottom of said flexible pouch container is placed on said bottom support portion, and has two or more clearances which extend from a top end to a bottom end of said peripheral support portion. 
     
     
         2 . The flexible pouch container holder according to  claim 1 , wherein said bottom support portion and said peripheral support portion are made of polypropylene. 
     
     
         3 . The flexible pouch container holder according to  claim 1 , wherein a through-hole is formed in an upper part of said peripheral support portion. 
     
     
         4 . The flexible pouch container holder according to  claim 1 , wherein said flexible pouch container holder is composed of a pair of parts which can be connected and disconnected to and from each other. 
     
     
         5 . The flexible pouch container holder according to  claim 4 , wherein an engaging projection is formed on one of mutually opposed surfaces of said pair of parts, and
 wherein an engaging recess in which said engaging projection is engaged is formed on the other of said mutually opposed surfaces of said pair of parts.   
     
     
         6 . The flexible pouch container holder according to  claim 5 , wherein said engaging projection and said engaging recess are formed on portions of said bottom support portions which are opposed to each other, respectively,
 wherein an engaging hole which is communicatively connected to said engaging recess is formed on a lower surface of said bottom support portion, and   wherein an engaging claw, which engages in said engaging hole, is formed on a lower surface of said engaging projection.   
     
     
         7 . The flexible pouch container holder according to  claim 5 , wherein said pair of parts each comprise said engaging projection and said engaging recess and are mutually identical in shape. 
     
     
         8 . The flexible pouch container holder according to  claim 6 , wherein said pair of parts each comprise said engaging projection and said engaging recess and are mutually identical in shape.