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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:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew Todd Hupp, Sharonville, OH (US);
Catherine Jean Randall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 6/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 6/18 ;
Abstract
An erectable and collapsible container, said container being transformable from a collapsed configuration to an erected configuration and comprising a plurality of collapsible walls, wherein said sidewalls comprise a polymeric material have: (a) a Flexural Modulus of from about 100 MPa to about 1750 MPa; and (b) preferably a wall thickness of the collapsible walls of from about 1 mil to about 20 mils, except when said polymeric material is polyethylene homopolymer said Flexural Modulus is at least about 275 MPa or said wall thickness is at least about 10 mils.