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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2020
General Mills Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jason Nagy, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Richard Zarnoch, Minneapolis, MN (US);
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A packaged food product includes a container having at least one dough product and a cup within the container. The cup includes at least one sidewall, a plurality of tapered guide members located at spaced circumferential positions about the sidewall, a bottom wall and an upper annular rim. The rim also defines an opening, opposite the bottom wall, leading to an interior storage cavity of the cup. During initial insertion of the cup into a container, first portions of the guide members are progressively pressed against an interior sidewall surface of the container and assure a proper, level alignment of the cup, preventing the cup from tipping during insertion. With further insertion, second portions of the guide members lead to the rim, with the rim having a diameter which assures a tight friction fit, potentially in combination with a cup seal cover, to an inner diameter of the container.