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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2001
Mary Carmen Gasco, Baltimore, MD (US);
Shane Edwin Meeker, Maineville, OH (US);
Ronald Peter Devlam, Chicago, IL (US);
Mark William Rakentine, Gloucester Point, VA (US);
Patrick Lee O'brien, Yorktown, VA (US);
Jean-marc Henri Kirouac, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Janet Adele Veith, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Mary Carmen Gasco, Baltimore, MD (US);
Shane Edwin Meeker, Maineville, OH (US);
Ronald Peter DeVlam, Chicago, IL (US);
Mark William Rakentine, Gloucester Point, VA (US);
Patrick Lee O'Brien, Yorktown, VA (US);
Jean-Marc Henri Kirouac, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Janet Adele Veith, Williamsburg, VA (US);
The Procter Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a shaped container bottom for containing a plurality of curved snack pieces where the container bottom comprises a bottom panel. The bottom panel has a concave-shape about a major axis of the container. The concave bottom panel conforms to the shape the snack piece without the snack piece resting upon the bottom panel. Also disclosed is a shaped container bottom for containing a plurality of curved snack pieces where the container bottom comprises a bottom panel. The bottom panel further comprises a plurality of flat portions and a bottom panel center disposed between the flat portions. The bottom panel center conforms to the shape of the snack pieces.