Container with insulating features

US11738932B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Graphic Packaging International, LLC · US

Inventors

• Kosaraju Krishna Mohan · Texarkana, US
• Kyle Baird · Milwaukee, US
• Jozef Milewski · Richfield, US
• James Vogt · West Bend, US
• Ryan Kaestner · Milwaukee, US
• Mark Baldwin · Fairfield, US
• John W. Best · Jonesboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 12, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 12, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D21/08
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container for containing a cold fluid. The container includes a sidewall construct that includes an inner sidewall extending at least partially around an interior of the container, an outer sleeve attached to the inner sidewall, and a cavity defined between the inner sidewall and the outer sleeve. The container also includes a closed bottom defining a bottom of the interior of the container, and insulating features that include the cavity and a plurality of annular bands, each annular band of the plurality of annular bands includes a spacer that extends in the cavity from the inner sidewall to the outer sleeve. Adjacent bands define a respective pocket of a plurality of pockets in the cavity such that the insulating features maintain a desired temperature of the cold fluid.