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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:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L Ramirez, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Dolco Packaging Corp., Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2065218 ; 2065213 ; 220508 ;
Abstract
An egg carton integrally molded from a sheet of polystyrene material has a cover and a tray having a plurality of cells. Each cell has a bottom, and exterior and interior sidewalls extending from the bottom and surrounding said each cell and a hinge interconnecting the tray and the cover. According to one aspect of the invention, the sidewalls of each cell are configured such that expansion of the cell is biased toward the interior of the egg carton.