Collapsible container

US8944288B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8944288-B2
Application numberUS-201113031875-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 22, 2011
Priority dateFeb 22, 2011
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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Abstract

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A container collapsible during dispensing of the contents therein includes a front wall, a rear wall, right and left side walls, a bottom wall, and a top wall defining a container volume holding product. A first right side wall fold line is provided in the right side wall, and a first left side wall fold line is provided in the left side wall. A rear wall fold line separates the rear wall into a first facet and a second facet. The container is sealed such that the removal of the product from the container causes the container volume to decrease, and the container folds along the first right side wall fold line, first left side wall fold line and rear wall fold line such that the first facet folds down toward the second facet.

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What is claimed is: 1. A container collapsible from a filled configuration to a substantially empty configuration during dispensing of the contents therein, the container comprising: a front wall; a rear wall; right and left side walls interconnecting said front wall and rear wall; a bottom wall interconnecting with said front wall, rear wall, right side wall and left side wall; a top wall interconnecting with said front wall, rear wall, right side wall and left side wall,…

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What does patent US8944288B2 cover?
A container collapsible during dispensing of the contents therein includes a front wall, a rear wall, right and left side walls, a bottom wall, and a top wall defining a container volume holding product. A first right side wall fold line is provided in the right side wall, and a first left side wall fold line is provided in the left side wall. A rear wall fold line separates the rear wall into …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ciavarella Nick E, Reynolds Aaron R, Schneider Stephanie Killion, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B65D1/0292. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).