Multi-ply food container

US6491214B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Wendy L. Plummer · Madeira, US
• John William Toussant · Sharonville, US
• Karen K. Leeker · Cincinnati, US
• Bruce Hall · Cincinnati, US
• Garold W. Alexander · Delaware, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2002
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S229/939
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A food container comprising three or more plies, a first ply, a second ply, and at least a third ply. The first ply is oriented towards the hands and face of the user and receives food in use. The first ply is essentially continuous throughout its plane. The third ply is oriented towards the lap of the user or a table top in use. The second ply spaces the first and third plies apart. In a preferred embodiment, the food container may be made of a corrugated material. The food container may be made from a blank which is deformed out of its plane during manufacture.