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US 8,757,421 B2Granted
Beverage packaging and method of manufacture
AssigneeStarbucks Corporation
InventorsDarlene Yang, Mary Jo Werlein
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Abstract
Disclosed are packages for serving and storing powdered beverages and associated methods. A package for storing a powdered instant beverage comprises a first container, a utensil, and a lid. The lid is configured to engage with the first container so that the lid and the container enclose an interior volume. The lid comprises a lid body, a lid insert configured to be secured to the lid body, and a utensil-holding structure on the lid insert. The lid insert comprises a utensil recess configured to receive at least a portion of the utensil, and a handling recess configured to facilitate the removal and securing of the utensil to the lid. The utensil-holding structure is configured to removably secure the utensil to the lid insert.
Claims42
A package for storing a powdered instant beverage, comprising:
- a first container;
- a utensil;
- a lid configured to engage the first container so that the lid and the container enclose an interior volume, wherein the lid comprises:
- a lid body;
- a lid insert configured to be secured to a lower side of the lid body, the lid insert comprising a utensil recess that extends upwardly into a central portion of a lower surface of the lid insert, the utensil recess configured to receive at least a portion of the utensil from below the lower surface, and a handling recess configured to facilitate the removal and securing of the utensil to the lid;
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- a utensil-holding structure on the lid insert, the utensil-holding structure configured to removably secure the utensil to the lid insert;
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- a second container, the second container comprising a rim extending around an opening positioned at an upper end of the second container;
- wherein the first container has an upper end and a lower end, the upper end including a lid-receiving portion around which the lid can engage, the lower end configured to be inserted into the opening of the second container, the first container comprising a rim-engaging structure extending outwardly from a sidewall of the first container and below the lid-receiving portion, wherein an inner width or diameter of the lid-receiving portion is less than an outer width or diameter of the rim-engaging structure, the rim-engaging structure configured to contact and rest upon the rim when the lower end of the first container is inserted into the opening of the second container.
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A package for storing and serving a powdered instant beverage, comprising:
- a first container comprising a rim extending around an opening positioned at an upper end of the first container;
- a second container having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end including a lid-receiving portion, the lower end configured to be inserted into the opening of the first container, the second container comprising a rim-engaging structure extending outwardly from a sidewall of the second container and below the lid-receiving portion, wherein an inner width or diameter of the lid-receiving portion is less than an outer width or diameter of the rim-engaging structure, the rim-engaging structure configured to contact and rest upon the rim when the lower end of the second container is inserted into the opening of the first container;
- a lid configured to engage the second container around the lid-receiving portion so that the lid and the second container enclose an interior volume;
- a utensil, wherein at least one of the lid and the utensil comprises a utensil-holding structure configured to removably secure the utensil to the lid;
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- a securing strip configured to engage with at least two of the first container, the second container and the lid when the lower end of the second container is inserted into the opening of the first container and the rim-engaging structure rests upon the rim.
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A method of packaging a powdered instant beverage, comprising:
- providing a first container comprising a rim extending around an opening positioned at an upper end of the first container;
- filling a second container with a powdered instant beverage, the second container comprising:
- an upper end with a lid-receiving portion;
- a lower end;
- a sidewall;
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- a rim-engaging structure extending outwardly from the sidewall and below the lid-receiving portion;
- removably securing a utensil to a lid;
- engaging the second container with the lid around the lid-receiving portion so that the lid and the second container enclose an interior volume;
- inserting a lower end of the second container into the opening of the first container such that the rim-engaging structure of the second container contacts the rim of the first container;
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- engaging a securing strip with at least two of the first container, the second container and the lid when the lower end of the second container is inserted into the opening of the first container and the rim-engaging structure rests upon the rim.
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A package for storing and serving a powdered instant beverage, comprising:
- a first container with an open upper end, the first container comprising an upper portion and a lower portion;
- a second container having a lower portion configured to be inserted into the open upper end of the first container, the upper portion of the first container being sized and shaped to receive the lower portion of the second container, the lower portion of the first container being sized and shaped to inhibit insertion of the lower portion of the second container into the lower portion of the first container, such that the second container can rest within and upon the first container when the lower portion of the second container is inserted into the upper portion of the first container;
- a lid configured to engage an open upper end of the second container so that the lid and the second container enclose an interior space;
- a utensil, wherein at least one of the lid and the utensil comprises a utensil-holding structure configured to removably hold the utensil to the lid;
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- a securing strip configured to engage with at least two of the first container, the second container and the lid when the lower portion of the second container is inserted into the upper portion of the first container and the second container rests within and upon the first container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.