Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.

Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC

Michele Marie Dziaba

Andrew Thomas Tilton

Brant P Wheaton

Jeffrey A Johnson

Joseph M Miskovic

Douglas Robert Kissner

Abby Rose Herstich

James McCay

Takeisa R Sledge

James E McCay

William R Croasmun

Susan Patricia Bodett

Terry Ann Clark

A container lid is provided herein having structurally reinforcing ribs therein. The ribs increase the strength of the lid across a central region thereof. Specifically, the lid can have an outer perimeter and the ribs can be spaced inwardly from the outer perimeter. The inwardly spaced ribs can provide a distinct look for consumer differentiation. Additionally, the ribs can be arcuate so that they generally follow a curvature of the outer perimeter of the lid. As such, a label region within the lid central region is preserved, while the lid is still strengthened by the ribs.

Container and lid

A container lid () is provided herein having structurally reinforcing ribs () therein. The ribs () increase the strength of the lid across a central region thereof. Specifically, the lid can have an outer perimeter and the ribs can be spaced inwardly from the outer perimeter. The inwardly spaced ribs () can provide a distinct look for consumer differentiation. Additionally, the ribs can be arcuate so that they generally follow a curvature of the outer perimeter of the lid. As such, a label region () within the lid central region is preserved, while the lid is still strengthened by the ribs.

A lid is provided that includes an access opening in a top wall thereof selectively coverable by a pivotable cover. The lid attaches to a foodstuff container and provides access to an interior of the container. The lid achieves this without requiring removal of the lid while also providing an impeded foodstuff dispense path having greater control. The cover pivots between open and closed positions, and in one form, can be secured in one or both positions. This can be achieved by releasably securing the cover to the top wall to hold the cover in the closed position and/or capturing a tab of the cover within a depression in an edge portion of the lid to hold the cover in the open position. The cover can further be integrally attached to the lid so that the cover is generally coplanar with the top wall when in the closed position.

Container lid having selectively coverable access opening

Container

The invention provides a method and apparatus for allowing a user to sample and order a product using an interactive ordering system. The ordering system includes a vending station to allow a user to sample a quantity of the product, an ordering station in close proximity to the vending station to allow the user to purchase a related product, and a delivery station to delivery the purchased product to the user.

Integrated ordering system

Food package

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Mundelein, IL, United States of America

Michele Marie Dziaba