Container and Lid
AssigneeKraft Foods Group Brands LLC
InventorsMichele M. Dziaba, Andrew Thomas Tilton, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Joseph M. Miskovic
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Abstract
A container lid is provided herein having structurally reinforcing ribs therein. The ribs increase the strength of the lid across a central region thereof. Specifically, the lid can have an outer perimeter and the ribs can be spaced inwardly from the outer perimeter. The inwardly spaced ribs can provide a distinct look for consumer differentiation. Additionally, the ribs can be arcuate so that they generally follow a curvature of the outer perimeter of the lid. As such, a label region within the lid central region is preserved, while the lid is still strengthened by the ribs.
Claims17
1-15. (canceled)
A removable lid for a container, the lid comprising:
- a top wall having a planar label portion, the top wall configured to cover an open mouth of a container base;
- a skirt extending downwardly from a peripheral edge of the top wall to a bottom free edge;
- at least one raised rib extending upwardly from the top wall and forming at least one corresponding cavity on a bottom surface of the lid;
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- at least one brace spanning the at least one cavity of the at least one rib and extending at least partially along a bottom surface of the planar label portion of the top wall.
A container comprising:
- a container base having a bottom wall portion, an upstanding sidewall portion that extends to an outwardly extending flange and defines an interior of the container base;
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- the container lid having a top wall having a planar label portion and a skirt depending downwardly from a perimeter of the top wall, the skirt configured to engage the flange of the container base to removably secure the container lid to the container base,
- the container lid having at least one raised portion extending upward of the planar label portion and at least in part about the planar label portion, an underside of the at least one raised portion forming a cavity, and at least one brace spanning the cavity of the at least one raised portion of the lid, wherein the at least one brace extends at least partially along a bottom surface of the planar label portion of the lid top wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.