Container with liner
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsPaul Tye, Elliot Hithersay
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Abstract
A method of forming a container for holding a food product. The container can comprise a flange comprising a central panel. An opening can extend in the central panel. The container further can comprise a sidewall comprising at least a panel foldably connected to the central panel and a denesting feature extending outwardly from the sidewall. The denesting feature can be for engaging a nested container positioned below the container in a stacked arrangement and for forming a denesting gap between the flange and the nested container.
Claims22
A method of forming a container for holding a food product, the method comprising:
- obtaining a blank comprising a central panel, an opening extending in the central panel, a panel foldably connected to the central panel, and a denesting feature extending from the panel;
- forming the container from at least the blank, the forming the container comprising folding the panel to extend at least downwardly from the central panel so that the central panel at least partially forms a flange of the container and the panel at least partially forms a sidewall of the container, the denesting feature extending outwardly from the sidewall;
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- positioning the container relative to a nested container so that the denesting feature engages the nested container and forms a denesting gap between the nested container and the flange of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.