Shaped container bottom

US7104416B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Mary Carmen Gasco · Baltimore, US
• Shane Edwin Meeker · Maineville, US
• Ronald Peter DeVlam · Chicago, US
• Mark William Rakentine · Gloucester Point, US
• Patrick L. O'Brien · Toano, US
• Jean-Marc Henri Kirouac · Lanexa, US
• Janet Adele Veith · Williamsburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 6, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D85/36
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a shaped container bottom for containing a plurality of curved snack pieces where the container bottom comprises a bottom panel. The bottom panel has a concave-shape about a major axis of the container. The concave bottom panel conforms to the shape the snack piece without the snack piece resting upon the bottom panel.Also disclosed is a shaped container bottom for containing a plurality of curved snack pieces where the container bottom comprises a bottom panel. The bottom panel further comprises a plurality of flat portions and a bottom panel center disposed between the flat portions. The bottom panel center conforms to the shape of the snack pieces.