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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2010
Gerard Laurent Buisson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James Calvin Mcintyre, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Elizabeth Dominique Maczek, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
James Wagner Settelmayer, Jr., West Chester, OH (US);
Douglas David Sena, Jackson, TN (US);
Brian Adrian Miller, Jackson, TN (US);
Benito Alberto Romanach, Mason, OH (US);
Gerard Laurent Buisson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James Calvin McIntyre, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Elizabeth Dominique Maczek, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
James Wagner Settelmayer, Jr., West Chester, OH (US);
Douglas David Sena, Jackson, TN (US);
Brian Adrian Miller, Jackson, TN (US);
Benito Alberto Romanach, Mason, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of loading a plurality of articles in a container. The method can include providing a container having a body and defining an interior chamber, providing a stack of articles comprising snack pieces having a convex surface, inserting the stack of articles at least partially into the interior chamber, and reorienting the leading article by forcing the leading article against the inner surface such that the convex surface of the article cooperates with the inner surface.