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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Daniel James Geddes, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael Andrew Breining, Neenah, WI (US);
Michael Schmelzer, Appleton, WI (US);
Fort James Corporation, Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
An insulating container comprising a container body having at least one side wall and a bottom wall with the side wall including a base layer, an insulating layer on at least a portion of the base layer and a printed pattern, mineral oil application or combination thereof on at least a portion of the surface of the insulating layer is disclosed wherein a thickness of the insulating layer is controlled by the printed pattern and/or mineral oil on the selected portion of the insulating layer. Similarly, stock material incorporating the present invention includes a base layer, an insulating layer formed on at least a portion of the base layer and a printed pattern printed on and or mineral oil applied to the insulating layer is disclosed wherein the thickness of the insulating layer is again controlled by the printed pattern and/or mineral oil on the portion of the insulating layer. The container may be formed of pre-manufactured stock material, by unexpanded stock material or by forming a container body from a paper or paperboard material including a bottom wall and at least one side wall, coating at least the side wall portion of the container body with a thermoplastic synthetic resin film and subsequently printing a pattern on the surface of the thermoplastic synthetic resin film. Once formed, the container is heated at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time period sufficient to form a heat-insulating layer on the outer surface of the container by expanding the thermoplastic synthetic resin film. The expansion of the thermoplastic synthetic resin is controlled by a thickness of the printed pattern placed thereon, the mineral oil coating or a combination thereof.