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Patent No.:

US 11192707 B1

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Expired
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2019

Cylindrical container with pleated sidewall that converts into a serving bowl

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:

von Briesen & Roper, s.c.

Primary Examiner:

Mollie Impink

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 3/04 (2006.01); B65D 81/36 (2006.01); B65D 71/40 (2006.01); B65D 21/08 (2006.01); B65D 25/14 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65D 65/02 (2006.01); B65D 53/04 (2006.01); A47G 19/03 (2006.01); B65D 25/20 (2006.01); B65D 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 81/36 (2013.01); A47G 19/03 (2013.01); B65D 3/04 (2013.01); B65D 3/06 (2013.01); B65D 21/08 (2013.01); B65D 25/14 (2013.01); B65D 25/205 (2013.01); B65D 43/02 (2013.01); B65D 53/04 (2013.01); B65D 65/02 (2013.01); B65D 71/40 (2013.01); B65D 2203/02 (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 has a pleated sidewall comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending rigid sidewall panels and pleats, with each sidewall panel connected to adjacent pleats by frangible lines extending in the longitudinal direction.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Miller, Paul. (2021). Cylindrical container with pleated sidewall that converts into a serving bowl (U.S. Patent No. 11192707). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11192707

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