Fruit Processing, Packaging and Retail Display System
OwnerJose Luis Medinainventor
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Abstract
A fruit stick tube has a semi rigid tube body symmetrical about a vertical axis, an upper opening to the body of a first diameter, a male threaded region around the upper opening adapted to engage a threaded cap, a first region of the tube body below the upper opening expanding over a portion of overall height of the tube to a second diameter greater than the first diameter, a second region extending down ward from the first region, having the second overall diameter, to a closed bottom of the tube at the second diameter, and a plurality of vertical flutes implemented equally spaced around the tube body in the second region of the tube body, the flutes extending inward to the first diameter.
Claims6
A fruit stick tube, comprising:
- a semi rigid tube body symmetrical about a vertical axis;
- an upper opening to the body of a first diameter;
- a male threaded region around the upper opening adapted to engage a threaded cap;
- a first region of the tube body below the upper opening expanding over a portion of overall height of the tube to a second diameter greater than the first diameter;
- a second region extending down ward from the first region, having the second overall diameter, to a closed bottom of the tube at the second diameter;
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- a plurality of vertical flutes implemented equally spaced around the tube body in the second region of the tube body, the flutes extending inward to the first diameter.
A fresh fruit stick product, comprising:
- a semi rigid tube body symmetrical about a vertical axis;
- an upper opening to the body of a first diameter;
- a male threaded region around the upper opening adapted to engage a threaded cap;
- a first region of the tube body below the upper opening expanding over a portion of overall height of the tube to a second diameter greater than the first diameter;
- a second region extending downward from the first region, having the second overall diameter, to a closed bottom of the tube at the second diameter;
- a plurality of vertical flutes implemented equally spaced around the tube body in the second region of the tube body, the flutes extending inward to the first diameter;
- and
- a cylindrical plug of fruit having an outside diameter equal to or smaller than the first diameter, and a length somewhat less than an inside length of the semi-rigid tube, the cylindrical plug or fruit fully inserted in the semi-rigid tube;
- natural fruit juice in the tube with the plug of fruit;
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- a sealing cap over the open end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.