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US 11,999,530 B2Granted
Container with removable end
AssigneeSonoco Development, Inc.
InventorsLawrence Robert Carpenter, Tony L. Thomas, Paul E. Miller, Kurt A. Ziegenfelder
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Abstract
The invention comprises a container comprising: a base; at least one paper-based sidewall seamed to and extending upwardly from the base, wherein the at least one sidewall comprises a score line near the base that is at least partially circumferential and is configured to be torn through to remove the base from the sidewall; and a liner ply adhered to an interior surface of the sidewall.
Claims22
A container comprising:
- a base;
- at least one paper-based sidewall seamed to and extending upwardly from the base, wherein the at least one sidewall comprises a score line near the base that is at least partially circumferential and is configured to be torn through to remove the base from the sidewall, wherein the score line delineates a bottom portion of the container comprising the base and a portion of the at least one paper-based sidewall;
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- a liner ply releasably adhered to an interior surface of the sidewall, wherein the liner ply is configured to separate from the interior surface of the paper-based sidewall, including the bottom portion, upon removal of the bottom portion.
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A container comprising:
- a base;
- at least one paper-based sidewall seamed to and extending upwardly from the base, wherein the at least one sidewall comprises at least one score line near the base, wherein the at least one score line is at least partially circumferential, wherein the score line delineates a bottom portion of the container comprising the base and a portion of the at least one paper-based sidewall;
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- a liner ply releasably adhered to an interior surface of the sidewall with an adhesive, wherein the liner ply is not adhered to the base, and wherein the liner ply remains intact after removal of the base.
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A method of recycling a container, the method comprising:
- providing a container comprising:
- a base;
- at least one paper-based sidewall seamed to and extending upwardly from the base, wherein the at least one sidewall comprises at least one score line near the base, wherein the at least one score line is at least partially circumferential;
- and
- a liner ply releasably adhered to an interior surface of the sidewall with an adhesive,
- wherein the liner ply is not adhered to the base;
- crushing the at least one paper-based sidewall adjacent the at least one score line;
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- removing the base and a portion of the at least one paper-based sidewall from a remainder of the at least one paper-based sidewall, wherein the liner ply remains with the remainder of the at least one paper-based sidewall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.