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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2022
Anchor Packaging, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kevin Krueger, Fenton, MO (US);
ANCHOR PACKAGING, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A method of thermoforming a container includes forming a lid having a lid rim, and forming a base including a base rim. The method also includes forming a foldable section that joins the lid rim and the base rim and includes a lid hinge panel extending from the lid rim to a hinge and a base hinge panel extending from the base rim to the hinge. The method also includes forming a frangible line that extends from an edge of the lid hinge panel, across a portion of the lid hinge panel to a first point, from the first point across the lid hinge panel to the hinge, across the hinge, across the base hinge panel from the hinge to a second point on the base hinge panel, and from the second point across a portion of the base hinge panel to an outside edge of the base hinge panel.