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US 9,169,043 B2Granted
Container with removable tray
AssigneeSonoco Development, Inc.
InventorsSlawek Witkowski, R. Michael Schock, Laura Boatwright, Michael L. Thornton
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a container including a container body with a removable tray wherein the container can house at least two materials that must be kept separate until use. The container also may have upwardly extending fingers in the removable tray for securing a material.
Claims12
A closed container comprising:
- a closed container body defining a first body end, a second body end, an internal surface, an external surface, and a closed container space formed between the first body end and the second body end;
- a removable tray within the closed container body, the removable tray having an open portion and an enclosed bottom end located between the first container body end and the second container body end so as to divide the closed container space into a first material container space and a second material container space within the formed container space and wherein the first material container space and the second material container space are separated by the removable tray enclosed bottom end to prevent contact between material in the first material container space and material in the second material container space;
- a membrane adhered to the first container body end and enclosing the first container body end and the removable tray;
- a closure enclosing the membrane;
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- at least two fingers extending upwardly from a bottom portion of the removable tray toward the closure and that do not extend beyond the closure.
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A closed container comprising:
- a closed container body defining a first body end, a second body end, an internal surface, an external surface, and a closed container space formed between the first body end and the second body end;
- a removable tray within the closed container body, the removable tray having an open portion and an enclosed bottom end located between the first container body end and the second container body end so as to divide the closed container space into a first material container space and a second material container space within the formed container space and wherein the first material container space and the second material container space are separated by the removable tray enclosed bottom end to prevent contact between material in the first material container space and material in the second material space;
- a membrane adhered to the first body end and enclosing the first body end and the removable tray;
- at least two fingers extending upwardly from a bottom portion of the removable tray toward the membrane and that do not extend beyond the membrane;
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- a ridge located on at least a portion of an external surface of the removable tray that mates with corresponding structure of internal surface of the container and that is located below the membrane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.