Container
AssigneeBerry Plastics Corporation
InventorsJeffrey C. MINNETTE, Philip A. DRISKILL, David D. SUN, Rolland STRASSER
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Abstract
A vessel is configured to hold a product in an interior region formed in the vessel. In illustrative embodiments, the vessel includes a floor and a sidewall coupled to the floor to extend away from the floor. Together the floor and sidewall cooperate to define the interior region. A vessel in accordance with the present disclosure is configured to hold a product in an interior region. In illustrative embodiments, the vessel is an insulated container such as a drink cup. In illustrative embodiments, the vessel is a container such as a shampoo bottle.
Claims43
1-17. (canceled)
A vessel comprising
- a floor and
- a side wall coupled to the floor and arranged to extend upwardly from ground underlying the floor and to cooperate with the floor to define an interior product-storage region therebetween,
- wherein the floor and the side wall cooperate to form a monolithic element comprising an inner polymeric layer forming a boundary of the interior product-storage region, an outer polymeric layer arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the inner polymeric layer to define a core chamber therebetween, and a middle cellular non-aromatic polymeric material located in the core chamber to lie between the outer polymeric layer and the inner polymeric layer, and
- wherein the inner polymeric layer, the outer polymeric layer, and a middle cellular non-aromatic polymeric material cooperate to provide means for maximizing a compressive strength of the vessel as tested by top-load testing and a shear strength of the vessel as tested by side-wall rigidity testing while minimizing a weight of the vessel.
A vessel comprising
- a floor and
- a side wall coupled to the floor and arranged to extend upwardly from ground underlying the floor and to cooperate with the floor to define an interior product-storage region therebetween,
- wherein the floor and the side wall cooperate to form a monolithic element comprising an inner polymeric layer forming a boundary of the interior product-storage region, an outer polymeric layer arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the inner polymeric layer to define a core chamber therebetween, and a middle cellular polymeric material located in the core chamber to lie between the outer polymeric layer and the inner polymeric layer, and
- wherein the inner polymeric layer, the outer polymeric layer, and a middle cellular non-aromatic polymeric material cooperate to maximize resistance to a collapse force while minimizing a weight of the vessel.
59-86. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.