The Procter Gamble Company

James Calvin McIntyre

Gerard Laurent Buisson

Benito Alberto Romanach

Douglas David Sena

Elizabeth Dominique Maczek

Brian Adrian Miller

James Wagner Settelmayer, Jr

A method of loading a plurality of articles in a container. The method can include providing a container having a body and defining an interior chamber, providing a stack of articles comprising snack pieces having a convex surface, inserting the stack of articles at least partially into the interior chamber, and reorienting the leading article by forcing the leading article against the inner surface such that the convex surface of the article cooperates with the inner surface.

Container bottom and methods

Substantially triangular shaped container bottoms include a bottom wall with a concave surface. The container bottom can be used with a container body having an interior chamber for receiving at least one article. Exemplary embodiments include a container bottom attached to a container body wherein the container bottom includes a central surface area that is inwardly concave towards an interior chamber of the container body. Methods of loading a plurality of articles in a container are also provided.

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Arlington Heights, IL, United States of America

James Calvin McIntyre