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US 12,139,319 B2Granted
Insulated container
AssigneeBerry Plastics Corporation
InventorsChris K. Leser, Charles T. Wallace, Philip A. Driskill, John B. Euler, Jason J. Paladino, Milan C. Maravich, Daniel O. Davis, Jeffrey A. Mann, Randy A. Bowlds
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Abstract
A container includes a cup formed to include and interior region and an insulated sleeve. The insulated sleeve is coupled to an outer surface of the cup.
Claims19
An insulative container comprising
- a body including a side wall, and
- a floor coupled to the body to define an interior region bounded by the side wall and the floor,
- wherein the body comprises a sheet comprising insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material that has localized plastic deformation in at least one selected region of the body to provide a plastically deformed first material segment having a first density located in a first portion of the at least one selected region of the body and a second material segment having a second density lower than the first density located in an adjacent second portion of the at least one selected region of the body, and
- wherein the body includes a floor mount coupled to a lower end of the side wall and to the floor to support the floor in a stationary position relative to the side wall to form the interior region, the floor mount including a web-support ring coupled to the lower end of the side wall, a floor-retaining flange spaced radially inward from the web-support ring to locate a portion of the floor radially between the web-support ring and the floor-retaining flange, and a web interconnecting a lower end of the web-support ring and a lower end of the floor-retaining flange, and
- wherein the floor-retaining flange of the floor mount includes an alternating series of upright staves arranged in side-to-side relation, a first of the upright staves is configured to provide the first material segment, and a second of the upright staves is configured to provide the second material segment.
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An insulative container comprising
- a body including a side wall, and
- a floor coupled to the body to define an interior region bounded by the side wall and the floor,
- wherein the body comprises a sheet comprising insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material that has localized plastic deformation in at least one selected region of the body to provide a plastically deformed first material segment having a first density located in a first portion of the at least one selected region of the body and a second material segment having a second density lower than the first density located in an adjacent second portion of the at least one selected region of the body,
- wherein the body is free from aromatic materials and the insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material comprises a polypropylene base resin and a secondary polymer,
- wherein the secondary polymer is at least one of a polypropylene homopolymer or a copolymer, and
- wherein the insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material has a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and the first surface includes at least one crease in the second material segment, and the at least one crease has a depth not exceeding about 200 microns.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.