Dual-purpose aseptic container

Abstract

A consumable-product container includes an aseptically sealed body defining an interior volume, an amount of fluid disposed within the interior volume, the amount of fluid having a liquid state and a frozen state, a straw receiving area on the body, the straw receiving area being of a material that is penetrable by a flexible plastic straw, and a removable member that, when removed from the body, creates an opening in the body sized to permit the fluid to escape the interior volume in the frozen state.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A consumable-product container comprising:
 a straw;   an aseptically sealed flexible body defining an interior volume;   an amount of fluid disposed within the interior volume, the amount of fluid having a liquid state and a frozen state;   a first selectively openable aperture at a first end of the body, the first selectively openable aperture:
 openable by penetrating a portion of the first end of the body with the straw; and 
 sized to permit the fluid to escape the interior volume in the liquid state but not in the frozen state; and 
   a second selectively openable aperture at a second end of the body, the second selectively openable aperture being openable by a removable member that, when pulled away from the body, creates an opening in the body sized to permit the fluid to escape the interior volume in the frozen state.   
     
     
         2 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the second end of the body is removable to open the second selectively openable aperture.   
     
     
         3 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 a first portion of the second end is separable from a second portion of the second end of the body to expose the second selectively openable aperture.   
     
     
         4 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 said first portion of the second end is a lid.   
     
     
         5 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 a removable member is integral with the body.   
     
     
         6 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the removable member is a tear-line.   
     
     
         7 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the straw is plastically deformable.   
     
     
         8 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the aseptically sealed flexible body comprises:
 a traditional children's single-serve juice box.   
     
     
         9 . A consumable-product container comprising:
 an aseptically sealed body defining an interior volume;   an amount of fluid disposed within the interior volume, the amount of fluid having a liquid state and a frozen state;   a straw receiving area on the body, the straw receiving area being of a material that is penetrable by a flexible plastic straw; and   a removable member that, when pulled away from the body, creates an opening in the body sized to permit the fluid to escape the interior volume in the frozen state.   
     
     
         10 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 9 , wherein:
 the removable member is a strip of material along the body and formed to separate from the body when pulled.   
     
     
         11 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 9 , wherein:
 the straw receiving area is of a material that forms a partial watertight seal around the straw when penetrated by the straw.   
     
     
         12 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 9 , wherein:
 the removable member is integral with the body.   
     
     
         13 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 9 , wherein:
 the removable member is a first section of the body that separates from a second section of the body to expose the opening.   
     
     
         14 . A consumable-product container comprising:
 a straw;   an aseptically sealed body defining an interior volume and further comprising:
 a first end with a liquid removal opening, the liquid removal opening forming at least a partial watertight seal around the straw; 
 a second end opposite the first end, the second end having a frozen content removal opening sized to permit contents of the body having a volume of at least 50% of the interior volume of the body to be removed from the body in a frozen state; and 
   a selectively removable member operable to expose the frozen content removal opening when activated by a user.   
     
     
         15 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 14 , further comprising:
 a lid selectively couplable to the body.   
     
     
         16 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 14 , wherein:
 the selectively removable member is operable to separate a first portion of the second end of the body from a second portion of the second end of the body to expose the frozen content removal opening.   
     
     
         17 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 16 , wherein the selectively removable member is a tear-line. 
     
     
         18 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 14 , wherein the aseptically sealed flexible body comprises:
 a traditional children's single-serve juice box.   
     
     
         19 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 14 , wherein:
 The selectively removable member is integral with the body.   
     
     
         20 . The consumable-product container according to  claim 14 , wherein:
 the selectively removable member is a first section of the body that separates from a second section of the body to expose the frozen content removal opening.