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US 9,682,791 B2Granted
Compartment container including a secondary reservoir package
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsMatthew W. Lorence, David A. Kirk, Scott Kackman, Diane Phillips
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a compartment container that includes one or more secondary reservoir package(s). More specifically, the present invention relates to a tubular containers, such as containers made of composite material (e.g. paperboard) with end caps for packaging refrigerated dough products. The tubular containers house one or more reservoir package(s) that are formed from one or more flexible materials (e.g. polymeric films) and are used to retain condiments, fruits, icings, spices, nuts, candies or any other ancillary ingredient(s).
Claims20
A compartment container comprising:
- a container body having a side wall defining an upper end opening and a lower end opening;
- a food product contained within the container body;
- an upper end closure positioned over the upper end opening of the container body and sealingly closing the upper end opening of the container body;
- a lower end closure positioned over the lower end opening of the container body and sealingly closing the lower end opening;
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- at least one ingredient reservoir comprising a reservoir cover and a reservoir body, the reservoir body having a sidewall extending from a first end to a second end and comprising an end wall closing the second end of the reservoir body, wherein the first end of the sidewall includes a ridge providing a sealing surface and the reservoir cover is secured to the sealing surface of the ridge of the sidewall such that the at least one ingredient reservoir constitutes a sealed at least one ingredient reservoir,
- wherein the sealed at least one ingredient reservoir is positioned inside of the container body with the reservoir cover facing and extending across the container body directly adjacent the lower end closure, such that the food product contained within the container body is prevented from flowing past the ridge of the sidewall of the sealed at least one ingredient reservoir with a seal being created between the reservoir cover and the side wall of the container.
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A compartment container comprising:
- a container body having a side wall defining an upper end opening and a lower end opening;
- a food product contained within the container body;
- an upper end closure positioned over the upper end opening of the container body and sealingly closing the upper end opening of the container body;
- a lower end closure positioned over the lower end opening of the container body and sealingly closing the lower end opening;
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- at least one ingredient reservoir including a reservoir cover and a reservoir body, the reservoir body having a sidewall extending from a first end to a second end and including an end wall closing the second end of the reservoir body, wherein the sidewall of the at least one ingredient reservoir is formed of a film having a thickness of between about 1 and 15 mils such that the reservoir body constitutes a flexible pouch, the first end of the sidewall includes a ridge providing a sealing surface, the reservoir cover is secured and sealed to the sealing surface of the ridge of the sidewall, and the at least one ingredient reservoir is positioned inside of the container body with the reservoir cover facing the lower end closure, wherein the food product contained within the container body is prevented from flowing past the ridge of the sidewall of the at least one ingredient reservoir with a seal being created between the reservoir cover and the side wall of the container.
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A compartment container comprising:
- a container body having a side wall defining an upper end opening and a lower end opening;
- an upper end closure positioned over the upper end opening of the container body and sealingly closing the upper end opening of the container body;
- a lower end closure positioned over the lower end opening of the container body and sealingly closing the lower end opening;
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- first and second ingredient reservoirs, wherein each of the first and second ingredient reservoirs includes a reservoir body having a sidewall extending from a first end to a second end, an end wall closing the second end of the reservoir body, a ridge providing a sealing surface at the first end of the sidewall, and a single reservoir cover secured to the sealing surface of the ridge at the first end of the sidewall of both of the reservoir bodies such that the single reservoir cover seals the reservoir body of both of the first and second ingredient reservoirs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.