Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.

Unilever Home and Personal Care Usa, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC

George T Albright

Leonard Sebastian Scarola

John A Blake

Jiayan Gu

Glenn S Gruskin

Gerald Ross Robinson

Glenn Gruskin

John Blake

John Douglas Weich

Stephen Michael O'Leary

Edward John Giblin

Corinne Saso

A plastic container for a particulate product has a footprint and includes a base and at least two and preferably four sides upstanding therefrom which generally define a container main interior volume. A top connects to the sides and includes a large opening which is closed by a lid. One side includes a pass-through handle located therein having a generally vertical segment which may define a hollow cavity in communication with the main interior volume. The opening of the top is sufficiently large to extend over a portion of the hollow cavity; or is sufficiently wide to receive about a 5&#x2033; diameter cylinder therethrough, and has a ratio of a minimum span to a bottom diagonal of at least about 2:3. A shoulder between the top and sides has an angle of less than about 40&#xb0;. The handle is configured and sized for easy grasping and holding.

Plastic coffee container with handle

A plastic container for a particulate product has a footprint and includes a base and at least two and preferably four sides upstanding therefrom which generally define a container main interior volume. A top connects to the sides and includes a large opening which is closed by a lid. One corner includes a pass-through handle located therein having a generally vertical segment which may define a hollow cavity in communication with the main interior volume. The opening of the top is sufficiently large to extend over a portion of the hollow cavity; or is sufficiently wide to receive about a 5&#x2033; diameter cylinder therethrough, and has a ratio of a minimum span to a bottom diagonal of at least about &#x2154;. A shoulder between the top and sides has an angle of less than about 40&#xb0;. The handle is configured and sized for easy grasping and holding.

Plastic coffee container with corner handle

A rigid container for a particulate product with enhanced top load support includes an interior volume formed by a base, a surrounding wall member upstanding from the base, and an opening formed in a top. A particulate product, such as coffee, is provided in the interior volume, and is provided in sufficient quantity to fill the interior volume up to a predetermined minimum headspace. The predetermined minimum headspace is that headspace which produces a top load ratio of at least 3:1; where the top load ratio is defined as a ratio of the top load force sufficient to cause a 0.30&#x2033; deflection in the container when filled to the top load force sufficient to cause a 0.30&#x2033; deflection in the container when empty. In a preferred embodiment, the container is made of plastic and includes a flexible closure attached to the top and spanning the top opening.

Plastic coffee container with top load support by particulate product

Container with corner handle

Container with handle

Container with handle on one side

A container including a fitment having an outer wall and a pour spout. The fitment outer wall includes a first product exit aperture. A bottle finish includes one or more locking surfaces abutting the outer wall of the fitment, and the finish locking surface includes a channel which directs product trapped between the outer wall of the fitment and the inner wall of the finish to the first product exit aperture and then to the exterior of the container or directly to the exterior of the container. This permits egress of residual drops of product from the container. Alternatively, the channel can extend to the top of the finish.

Fitment and bottle

Bottle

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Rutherford, NJ, United States of America

George T Albright