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US 12,286,279 B2Granted
Cup, a blank for a cup and a method of forming a cup
AssigneeChoose Planet A Limited
InventorCyril Michel Drouet
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Abstract
A system and a method for a cup for retaining a liquid. The cup includes a base and a wall. The base and the wall define a container with a space to retain the liquid. A first closure flap and a second closure flap are attached to the wall and extend from the wall. The first closure flap and the second closure flap are foldable relative to the wall. The first closure flap and the second closure flap are foldable between an open position and a closed position. The first closure flap and the second closure flap define a lid when in the closed position. The lid is defined by the first closure flap being folded at least twice to a closed position and the second closure flap being folded at least once to a closed position.
Claims19
A cup for retaining a liquid, the cup comprising:
- a base;
- a wall, the base and the wall defining a container with a space to retain the liquid;
- and
- a first closure flap and a second closure flap, the first closure flap and the second closure flap attached to the wall and extending from the wall, the first closure flap being attached to the wall at a first transverse fold feature, and the second closure flap being attached to the wall at a second transverse fold feature, such that the first closure flap is separately attached to the wall from the second closure flap,
- wherein:
- the first closure flap is foldable relative to the wall in that the first closure flap is foldable about the wall at the first transverse fold feature,
- the second closure flap is foldable relative to the wall in that the second closure flap is foldable about the wall at the second transverse fold feature,
- the first closure flap and the second closure flap are foldable between respective open positions and respective closed positions,
- the first closure flap and the second closure flap define a lid when in the respective closed positions, the lid being defined by:
- the first closure flap having at least two folds to position the first closure flap to the closed position, the at least two folds including the first transverse fold feature, and
- the second closure flap being folded at least once along the second transverse fold feature to the closed position, and
- the second closure flap is foldable about a third transverse fold feature disposed on the second closure flap, the third transverse fold feature located within the second closure flap.
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A blank for a cup, the blank comprising:
- a wall;
- a first closure flap attached to the wall and extending from the wall;
- and
- a second closure flap attached to the wall and extending from the wall, the first closure flap and the second closure flap being integrally formed with the wall such that the blank is a one piece construction,
- wherein the first closure flap includes a pair of opposed arcuate edges and an intermediate edge extending between the pair of opposed arcuate edges,
- wherein the first closure flap further includes two oblique fold features,
- wherein the first closure flap is attached to the wall at a first transverse fold feature,
- wherein the second closure flap is attached to the wall at a second transverse fold feature, and
- wherein, in use:
- the first closure flap is foldable first about at least the oblique fold features and foldable about the first transverse fold feature,
- the second closure flap foldable about the second transverse fold feature, and
- a lid is formable via the first closure flap being folded twice and the second closure flap being folded once, and
- wherein the second closure flap is foldable about a third transverse fold feature disposed on the second closure flap, the third transverse fold feature located within the second closure flap.
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A method of forming a cup using a blank including:
- a wall having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, a first closure flap attached to the wall and extending from the wall, and a second closure flap attached to the wall and extending from the wall, the first closure flap and the second closure flap being integrally formed with the wall, the blank being a one piece construction, the first closure flap including a pair of opposed arcuate edges and an intermediate edge extending between the pair of opposed arcuate edges, the first closure flap including two oblique fold features, the first closure flap attached to the wall at a first transverse fold feature, the second closure flap attached to the wall at a second transverse fold feature, the second closure flap is foldable about a third transverse fold feature disposed on the second closure flap, and the third transverse fold feature located within the second closure flap, and the method comprising steps of:
- attaching a first portion of the wall adjacent the second longitudinal edge to a second portion of the wall adjacent the first longitudinal edge to form a cylinder or prism shaped body, the cylinder or prism shaped body defining a hollow space therein to define a container;
- forming a base or attaching a base;
- forming a lid by folding the first closure flap along at least the two oblique fold features to fold two portions of the first closure flap inward;
- folding the first closure flap about the first transverse fold feature such that the first closure flap is in a closed position;
- and
- folding the second closure flap about the second transverse fold feature such that the second closure flap rests on top of the first closure flap in the closed position, the first closure flap and second closure flap being folded to form the lid,
- wherein the second closure flap includes a locking tab and the first closure flap includes a locking opening, and
- wherein inserting the locking tab into the locking opening locks the second closure flap to the first closure flap and forms a closed lid that prevents or reduces leakage of contents of the cup.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.