Nestec S.a.

Pepsico, Inc.

The Dial Corporation

Conopco, Inc.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

The Glad Products Company

Mistic Brands, Inc.

Martin C Short

Robert J Croft

Insun Yun

Jim F Warner

Sergio Gedanke

Christopher J Wolpert

Edward B Tucker

Peter Bertolini

Alan F Savicki

Hua Zhang

James Warner

Cynthia Ann Headen

Brita Frangsmyr Sheehan

Greg F Sutthiwan

Mark A Williamson

Kevin Lindberg

Lorraine M Casscles

A heating attachment for improving uniformity of microwave heating of a food product in a food container. The heating attachment has a microwave shield of microwave-reflective material. An attachment member is configured for attaching the shield to a food container in an operative association in which the container is disposed in a heating space by the shield. In this association, the shield improves the uniformity of microwave heating of a food product within the container. The heating attachment sufficiently surrounds the container in the operative association to capture the container for promoting breakage of the heating attachment when the container is removed therefrom to inhibit or prevent reuse of the heating attachment.

Microwave heating attachment

A handleware container particularly useful for holding and dispensing liquid household products. The container includes a bottom wall panel; vertically oriented front, rear and opposing side wall panels; and a handle joining one of the side panels to form a gripping space; wherein the surface area of the front wall panel is larger than the surface area of the rear wall panel; and the gripping aperture is hidden from view by the front wall panel when the container is viewed orthogonal to the front wall panel.

Assymetric handleware container having hidden gripping aperture

Container for food

Bottle

A container cap for attachment to the threaded neck of a container from which a liquid is to be dispensed, which includes a base portion having a circular upper face and a depending skirt, with the skirt being threaded on an interior surface to lockingly engage the container neck. The upper face of the container has a triangular-shaped opening extending therethrough with an integral upstanding pour spout extending around the perimeter of the pour spout. The sidewalls of the pour spout converge toward one edge of the upper face and are joined by a curve of small radius to form a tip, with the other end of the sidewalls being joined by a curve of substantially larger radius. The upper ends of the sidewalls are curved outwardly and have an outwardly extending rib at the tip portion of the pour spout. The geometry of the pour spout provides a container cap from which liquid may be discharged in a smooth flow with no pulsation, with a high degree of controllability while avoiding undesirable dripping of liquid when the container is returned to an upright position.

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Martin C Short