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US 2017/0112303 A1Published application
Cylindrical Container and Serving Bowl
AssigneeSonoco Development, Inc.
InventorsPaul Edward Miller, Jamie Lynn Ackerman, Lawrence Robert Carpenter, Steven Kubilius
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Abstract
A cylindrical container for holding snack foods and other items that can be transformed into a serving bowl is provided. A container system comprising a cylindrical container and flexible panels that can be assembled into a serving bowl is also provided.
Claims17
A container for holding a product, the container comprising:
- a cylindrical sidewall having a top rim and a bottom rim, the sidewall defining a longitudinal central axis;
- a plastic overcap removably secured to the top rim;
- an end cap secured to the bottom rim;
- the cylindrical sidewall comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending sidewall panels, each sidewall panel connected to adjacent sidewall panels by frangible lines, each sidewall panel having an inner facing surface, each sidewall panel extending from the top rim to a circumferential hinge line, the sidewall, overcap and end cap defining an interior for holding the product;
- and
- a flexible inner sleeve disposed in the interior between the product and the sidewall, the inner sleeve being adhered to the inner surface of each sidewall panel;
- wherein
- the sidewall panels are rotatable about the hinge line between a first position in which the sidewall panels are vertically upright to form the cylindrical sidewall and a second position in which the sidewall panels are splayed outwardly away from the central axis and in which the inner sleeve forms a truncated cone shaped structure large enough to hold the product of one or more containers.
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In combination, a container and flexible bowl panels for holding and serving a product, the container comprising:
- a cylindrical sidewall having a top rim and a bottom rim;
- a plastic overcap removably secured to the top rim;
- an end cap secured to the bottom rim;
- the cylindrical sidewall, overcap and end cap defining an interior for holding the product;
- the bowl panels configured to lock together to form a bowl shaped serving container.
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A container for holding a product, the container comprising:
- a pleated container body having a bottom wall and a cylindrical sidewall, the sidewall having a top rim and defining a longitudinal central axis;
- a plastic overcap removably secured to the top rim, the pleated container body and overcap defining an interior for holding the product;
- and
- a label encircling the sidewall;
- wherein
- the pleated container body is configured to splay outwardly after the label has been removed, away from the central axis, to form a frustoconical shaped structure large enough to hold the product of one or more containers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.