Packaging system to provide fresh packed coffee

US7169418B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• David Andrew Dalton · Loveland, US
• James Smith · New Freedom, US
• James L. Bono · Cincinnati, US
• Sameer Mungur · Cincinnati, US
• Douglas Bruce Zeik · Monroe, US
• Aisha Barry · Mason, US
• Jennifer Ruth Ralston Floyd · Sharonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2007
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2543/00796
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A fresh packaging system for roast and ground coffee having a top load capacity of at least about 16 pounds (7.3 Kg) comprising a container with a closed bottom, an open top, and a body enclosing a perimeter between the bottom and the top. A protuberance is continuously disposed around the perimeter of the body proximate to the top and forms a ridge external to the body. A flexible closure is removeably attached and sealed to the protuberance so that the closure seals the interior volume of the container. The container bottom and container body are constructed from a material having a tensile modulus number ranging from at least about 35,000 to at least about 650,000 pounds per square inch (at least about 2,381 to at least about 44,230 atm).