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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.v., Utrecht, NL;
Inventors:
Paul Alderson, Banbury, GB;
Esak Shabudin, Banbury, GB;
Geoff York, Banbury, GB;
Egidijus Bartkus, Banbury, GB;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26F 1/44 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01); B65D 85/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 51/245 (2013.01); B26F 1/44 (2013.01); B65D 43/02 (2013.01); B65D 85/72 (2013.01); B65D 85/8043 (2013.01); B26F 2001/4418 (2013.01); B65D 2203/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A die-cut lid () for closing a container is disclosed; the lid being formed from a flexible composite sheet material (). The lid comprises a functional area () bearing human-readable and/or machine-readable data with the lid comprising one or more rigidifying indentations () to promote flatness of the functional area in a resting state of the lid. The one or more rigidifying indentations are selected from the group of: A lidded container () comprising such a die-cut lid and a method of forming a die-cut lid are also described.