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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Sonoco Development, Inc., Hartsville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Paul Edward Miller, Cheraw, SC (US);
Jamie Lynn Ackerman, Hartsville, SC (US);
Lawrence Robert Carpenter, Darlington, SC (US);
Steven Kubilius, Florence, SC (US);
Assignee:
Sonoco Development, Inc., Hartsville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 19/02 (2006.01); B65D 81/36 (2006.01); A47G 21/00 (2006.01); B65D 3/04 (2006.01); B65D 21/08 (2006.01); B65D 25/20 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65D 65/02 (2006.01); B65D 71/40 (2006.01); B65D 25/14 (2006.01); B65D 3/10 (2006.01); B65D 77/02 (2006.01); B65D 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 21/001 (2013.01); A47G 19/02 (2013.01); B65D 3/04 (2013.01); B65D 3/10 (2013.01); B65D 3/28 (2013.01); B65D 21/08 (2013.01); B65D 25/14 (2013.01); B65D 25/205 (2013.01); B65D 43/02 (2013.01); B65D 65/02 (2013.01); B65D 71/40 (2013.01); B65D 77/02 (2013.01); B65D 81/36 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A container for holding a product such as snack food, wherein the container is transformable from a cylindrical shape to a bowl shape adapted to hold and provide easy access to the product. The container comprises rigid sidewall panels connected by frangible lines and a flexible inner sleeve adhered to the inner surface of each sidewall panel. Pulling outwardly on the sidewall panels transforms the container into a bowl shaped structure large enough to hold the product.