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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1973
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ilie Mila Belivakici, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Clifford Clayton Goehring, Princeton, NJ (US);
James Alan Wachtel, Princeton, NJ (US);
William Joseph Lahm, Middlesex, NJ (US);
Carl Richard Storms, Easton, PA (US);
Assignee:
American Can Company, Greenwich, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 455 ; 156245 ; 229 / ; 264 454 ; 264 461 ; 264 53 ; 264248 ; 264321 ;
Abstract
Cups having a sidewall made from foam sheet plastic with a fusion sealed, lapped seam, wherein the lapped seam and the sidewall immediately adjacent the lapped seam are of identical thickness, are provided with additional rigidity per unit wall thickness by compressing the foam sheet either in-line with the foam extrusion operation or up to several months after extrusion. The cup is characterized by a substantial skin on only the outer surface of the sidewall.