Container bottom and methods

US7866128B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Gerard Laurent Buisson · Cincinnati, US
• James Calvin McIntyre · Arlington Heights, US
• Elizabeth Dominique Maczek · Mount Prospect, US
• James W. Settelmayer, Jr. · Cincinnati, US
• Douglas David Sena · Jackson, US
• Brian A. Miller · Jackson, US
• Benito Romanach · Mason, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2007
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2577/205
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Substantially triangular shaped container bottoms include a bottom wall with a concave surface. The container bottom can be used with a container body having an interior chamber for receiving at least one article. Exemplary embodiments include a container bottom attached to a container body wherein the container bottom includes a central surface area that is inwardly concave towards an interior chamber of the container body. Methods of loading a plurality of articles in a container are also provided.