Reusable Food Pouch

Abstract

A reusable food pouch includes a rigid neck through which food is passed and into a storage reservoir. The rigid neck includes threads onto which either a storage cap or dispensing cap is attached. Resilient, pliable sidewalls form the storage reservoir and are generally bullet shaped when viewed from either the front or rear.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A reusable food pouch comprising a flexible reservoir attached to a solid neck having exterior threads thereon, said flexible reservoir comprising two curved sidewalls and a rounded closed bottom, said curved sidewalls and rounded closed bottom forming a conical shape such that the solid neck is prevented from contacting a surface upon which either of the two curved sidewalls are rested, a storage cap having internal threads that are complementary to the exterior threads of the solid neck, and a dispensing cap having a straw through which food deposited into the reusable food pouch is dispensed,
 wherein said storage cap is attached to the solid neck of the reusable food pouch to store food and replaced with the dispensing cap when food is to be removed.   
     
     
         2 . The reusable food pouch of  claim 1  formed from one or more selected from a polymer consisting of Polyethylene Terephthalate, High Density Polyethylene, Low Density Polyethylene and Polypropylene. 
     
     
         3 . The reusable food pouch of  claim 1  further comprising a disposable inner liner arranged within the flexible reservoir. 
     
     
         4 . The reusable food pouch of  claim 3  wherein said disposable inner liner includes an elongated neck that extends outside of an open end of the elongated neck to overlap the open end of the elongated neck. 
     
     
         5 . The reusable food pouch of  claim 1  wherein said dispensing cap has a straw that extends through an opening and having a diameter substantially equal to an exterior diameter of a cross section of the straw to create a substantially air-tight seal between the opening in the dispensing cap and exterior of the straw. 
     
     
         6 . The reusable food pouch of  claim 1  further includes a tray having a plurality of docks for receiving a plurality of reusable food pouches, 
     
     
         7 . A reusable food pouch comprising a pair of curved sidewalls each having a first end terminating in a formed neck that has exterior threads which receive one of a dispensing cap and a storage cap, a second end of the pair of curved sidewalls terminating in a curved bottom to form a conical shape when viewed from a side, said curved bottom preventing the formed neck from contacting a surface upon which either of the two curved sidewalls are rested, the storage cap having internal threads that are complementary to the exterior threads of the solid neck, and the dispensing cap having a straw through which food deposited into the reusable food pouch is dispensed. 
     
     
         8 . The reusable food pouch of  claim 7  formed from one or more selected from a polymer consisting of Polyethylene Terephthalate, High Density Polyethylene, Low Density Polyethylene and Polypropylene. 
     
     
         9 . The reusable food pouch of  claim 7  further comprising a disposable inner liner arranged within a flexible reservoir of the reusable food pouch. 
     
     
         10 . The reusable food pouch of  claim 9  wherein said disposable inner liner includes an elongated neck that extends outside of an open end of the formed neck to overlap the open end of the elongated neck. 
     
     
         11 . The reusable food pouch of  claim 7  wherein said dispensing cap has a straw that extends through an opening and having a diameter substantially equal to an exterior diameter of a cross section of the straw to create a substantially air-tight seal between the opening in the dispensing cap and exterior of the straw. 
     
     
         12 . The reusable food pouch of  claim 7  further includes a tray having a plurality of docks for receiving a plurality of reusable food pouches,