US 6,199,715 B1 · Disposable foil container

Abstract

A disposable foil container formed from a single sheet of metal comprises a bottom panel, a continuous wall panel, and a continuous rim. The bottom panel includes an upwardly-projecting rib configuration wherein a peripheral rib, having first and second opposing side curved sections and first and second opposing end curved sections, encompasses a pair of traversing ribs, first and second returning ribs, and a central portion of the bottom panel. Each curved traversing rib extends towards the central portion, has a first end intersecting with said first side curved section, and has a second end intersecting with said second side curved section at a first set of intersections. Each traversing rib is bisected into substantially equal parts by a major axis. The first returning rib has first and second ends intersecting said first side curved section and the second returning rib has first and second ends intersecting said second curved section at a second set of intersections. Each returning rib is bisected into equal parts by a minor axis. All of the ribs have rounded tops. The first and second set of intersections form smooth curvilinear corners and have a minimized flat top surface areas to prevent rib deformation.

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Dependent claims

A disposable metal container comprising:

a non-circular bottom panel having a peripheral rib enclosing an interior panel having a central portion, at least a first and second curved traversing rib, and at least a first and second curved returning rib, the peripheral rib having first and second side curved sections and first and second end curved sections, each of the traversing ribs extending between the first side curved section of the peripheral rib and the second side curved section of the peripheral rib, each of the traversing ribs being curved away from its nearest respective end curved section of the peripheral rib, the first returning rib extending from the first side curved section of the peripheral rib toward the central portion and returning to the first side curved section, the second returning rib extending from the second side curved section of the peripheral rib toward the central portion and returning to the second side curved section wherein the traversing ribs do not intersect with the returning ribs;
and
a continuous wall panel encompassing the non-circular bottom panel and extending upwardly from the bottom panel, the continuous wall panel forming a pair of opposing side walls and a pair of opposing end walls.

A disposable metal container comprising:

a non-circular bottom panel having a peripheral rib enclosing an interior panel having a central portion, at least a first and second curved traversing rib, and at least a first and second curved returning rib, the peripheral rib having first and second side curved sections and first and second end curved sections, the bottom panel being formed about major and minor axes, the major axis passing through the first and second end curved sections of the peripheral rib, the minor axis passing through the first and second side curved sections of the peripheral rib, each of the traversing ribs extending between the first side curved section of the peripheral rib and the second side curved section of the peripheral rib, each of the traversing ribs curved away from the respective end curved sections of the peripheral rib, the first returning rib extending from the first side curved section of the peripheral rib toward the central portion and returning to the first side curved section, the second returning rib extending from the second side curved section of the peripheral rib toward the central portion and returning to the second side curved section, wherein the traversing ribs do not intersect the returning ribs;
and
a continuous wall panel encompassing the non-circular bottom panel and extending upwardly from the bottom panel, the continuous wall panel forming a pair of opposing side walls and a pair of opposing end walls, the continuous wall panel including an upper edge and a continuous rim, the rim extending laterally outward from the upper edge of the continuous wall panel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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