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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:
May. 22, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
James D Watkins, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Golden Valley Foods Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426107 ; 426111 ; 426234 ; 426410 ; 426143 ; 53459 ; 383 38 ; 383120 ; 229 / ; 206525 ; 493931 ;
Abstract
A charge of popcorn and fat is placed in a flexible shipping container composed of a flexible bag having longitudinally extending centrally projecting side gussets. The charge is placed between the gussets and one side panel of the bag. Another aspect of the invention is a special package of collateral tubular configuration comprising first and second longitudinally extending tubular portions. One of the tubular portions is larger in cross-section than the other and a charge of popcorn and fat is positioned within the small tubular portion of the package.