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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2009
Dean P. Swoboda, De Pere, WI (US);
Thomas W. Zelinski, Menasha, WI (US);
Dean P. Swoboda, De Pere, WI (US);
Thomas W. Zelinski, Menasha, WI (US);
Dixie Consumer Products LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A disposable servingware container press-formed from paperboard includes (a) a bottom panel; (b) an annular transition portion; and (c) an outer portion extending upwardly and outwardly with respect to the transition portion, the container having an outer surface and an inner surface distal to the outer surface, the inner surface being adapted as a serving surface. The paperboard is infused with a wax composition on one side thereof in an amount of at least 3 lbs of wax per 3000 ftream such that the paperboard is partially saturated with wax and has a wax-enriched layer proximate one side thereof and a layer undersaturated with wax proximate the other side thereof.