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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1995
Erland R Sandstrom, Menasha, WI (US);
Fort James Corporation, Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A container formed from a unitary paperboard blank having a substantially planer inner region, a sidewall region and a rim region formed about the periphery thereof is disclosed. The sidewall region includes a generally annular region flaring upwardly and outwardly from a periphery of the planer inner region and a first frusto-conical region adjoining the annular region with the frusto-conical region sloping outwardly and upwardly from the annular region. The rim region includes an outwardly flaring arcuate annular region adjoining an outer periphery of the first frusto-conical region, and a second frusto-conical region extending substantially tangentially from the arcuate annular region. During the fabrication of the paperboard material for forming the aforementioned container, the paperboard material is impregnated with a sizing adhesive equivalent to at least 6 pounds of starch per 3,000 ft.sup.2 ream of paperboard material with the sizing adhesive including a pigment, said pigment being not more than 65% of the sizing adhesive.