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Insulated stock material and containers and methods of making the same

US5840139A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 1997
Grant dateNov 24, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31993
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An insulating container comprising a container body having at least one side wall and a bottom wall with the side wall including a base layer, an insulating layer on at least a portion of the base layer and a printed pattern, mineral oil application or combination thereof on at least a portion of the surface of the insulating layer is disclosed wherein a thickness of the insulating layer is controlled by the printed pattern and/or mineral oil on the selected portion of the insulating layer. Similarly, stock material incorporating the present invention includes a base layer, an insulating layer formed on at least a portion of the base layer and a printed pattern printed on and or mineral oil applied to the insulating layer is disclosed wherein the thickness of the insulating layer is again controlled by the printed pattern and/or mineral oil on the portion of the insulating layer. The container may be formed of pre-manufactured stock material, by unexpanded stock material or by forming a container body from a paper or paperboard material including a bottom wall and at least one side wall, coating at least the side wall portion of the container body with a thermoplastic synthetic res…

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