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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, Evansville, IN (US);
Thomas C. Horton, Newburgh, IN (US);
Robin P. Wiggins, Newburgh, IN (US);
Jeffrey Minnette, Evansville, IN (US);
Randall Julian, Oakland City, IN (US);
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
An improved container provides a container body and a closure. In some embodiments, a scooping utensil retainer is disposed on the closure. The scooping utensil retainer includes opposing flanges protruding from the closure surface. A flange rib protrudes from the first flange into the flange gap, extending from the closure surface to the distal end of the flange. A tapered retainer gap is provided between flanges for resiliently clamping the handle of a scooping utensil. In some embodiments, the closure can include an annular ridge shaped for engaging a downwardly extending skirt on a like container when two like containers are vertically stacked. In some embodiments the container body includes an in-mold label affixed to a substantially straight side wall, the in-mold label covering at least about 95% of the exterior surface area of the container body.