# US 10,246,209 B2 · Container

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- Number: US 10,246,209 B2
- Document ID: US10246209B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/938,352
- Filed: 2018-03-28
- Published: 2018-08-02
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2013-03-14
- Assignees: Berry Plastics Corporation
- Applicants: Berry Plastics Corporation
- Inventors: Jeffrey C. Minnette; Philip A. Driskill; David D. Sun; Rolland Strasser; Birju A. Surti
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10246209B2

## CPC

- B65D 1/0215: {multilayered (B65D81/3837 takes precedence)}
- B32B 1/00: Layered products having a non-planar shape
- B32B 27/065: {of foam}
- B32B 27/32: comprising polyolefins {(comprising vinyl (co)polymers or acrylic (co)polymers B32B27/30)}
- B32B 2266/025: Polyolefin
- B32B 2307/304: Insulating
- B32B 2307/72: Density
- B32B 2439/00: Containers; Receptacles
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM

## Abstract

A vessel is configured to hold a product in an interior region formed in the vessel. In illustrative embodiments, the vessel includes a floor and a sidewall coupled to the floor to extend away from the floor. Together the floor and sidewall cooperate to define the interior region.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vessel comprising
a floor and
a side wall coupled to the floor and arranged to extend upwardly from ground underlying the floor and to cooperate with the floor to define an interior product-storage region therebetween,
wherein the side wall comprises an outer polymeric layer having an inner surface arranged to face the interior product-storage region and an outer surface arranged to face away from interior product-storage region and a cellular non-aromatic polymeric material layer having an inner surface arranged to face toward the product-storage region and an outer surface arranged to face away from the product-storage region and the outer surface of the cellular non-aromatic polymeric material is in direct engagement with the inner surface of the outer polymeric layer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vessel of claim 1, wherein the cellular polymeric material layer comprises polylactic acid.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vessel of claim 1, wherein the cellular non-aromatic polymeric material layer comprises high-density polyethylene.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The vessel of claim 3, wherein the density of the cellular non-aromatic polymeric material is in a range of about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 0.185 g/cm3.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The vessel of claim 4, wherein the vessel has an average density in a density range of about 0.5 g/cm3 to about 0.9 g/cm3.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The vessel of claim 5, wherein the outer polymeric layer comprises high-density polyethylene.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The vessel of claim 1, wherein the cellular non-aromatic polymeric material layer comprises polypropylene.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The vessel of claim 7, wherein the density of the middle cellular non-aromatic polymeric material is in a range of about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 0.19 g/cm3.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The vessel of claim 8, wherein the outer layer is extruded onto the cellular non-aromatic polymeric material layer.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The vessel of claim 9, wherein the side wall further comprises a second layer coupled to the outer layer to locate the outer layer between the cellular non-aromatic polymeric material layer and the second layer.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The vessel of claim 1, wherein the cellular non-aromatic polymeric material layer comprises polyethylene.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The vessel of claim 11, wherein the vessel has an average density in a density range of about 0.5 g/cm3 to about 0.9 g/cm3.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The vessel of claim 12, wherein each of the outer polymeric layer and cellular non-aromatic polymeric material layer comprises polyethylene.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The vessel of claim 13, wherein the cellular non-aromatic polymeric material layer comprises low density polyethylene.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The vessel of claim 13, wherein each of the outer polymeric layer and the cellular non-aromatic polymeric material layer comprises low density polyethylene.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The vessel of claim 1, wherein the outer polymeric layer is made from a material and the cellular polymeric material layer is made from a different material.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The vessel of claim 16, wherein the side wall further comprises an inner layer coupled to the cellular non-aromatic polymeric material layer to locate the cellular non-aromatic polymeric material layer between the inner layer and the outer layer.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The vessel of claim 17, where the inner polymeric layer is made from the material of the outer polymeric material.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The vessel of claim 17, where the inner polymeric layer is made from a material different from the material of the outer polymeric layer.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The vessel of claim 19, wherein the vessel has an average density in a density range of about 0.5 g/cm3 to about 0.9 g/cm3.