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US 12,466,604 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.
Claims17
A container comprising:
- a base;
- at least one paper-based sidewall 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, wherein the bottom portion of the container is configured to be removed from the remainder of the container;
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- a liner ply releasably adhered to an interior surface of the sidewall and unadhered to the base, wherein the liner ply is configured to separate from the interior surface of the paper-based sidewall after removal of the bottom portion.
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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 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, wherein the bottom portion of the container is configured to be removed from the remainder of the container;
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- a liner ply releasably adhered to an interior surface of the sidewall and unadhered to the base, wherein the liner ply is configured to separate from the interior surface of the paper-based sidewall after removal of the bottom portion;
- crushing the at least one paper-based sidewall adjacent the at least one score line;
- and
- 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.