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Container fabrication method

US5683339A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
24References
2Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 13, 1996
Grant dateNov 4, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 13, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D5/061
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The bottom of a paperboard container of the type suitable for consumer distribution of liquid foods such as milk and fruit juice includes an embossed concavity to reinforce the bottom against bulging under content fill pressure for improved free-standing stability. The carton bottom concavity is embossed to approximate the shape of a stepped pyramid.

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