Cylindrical container with side-mount hang tab and methods therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9561881-B2
Application number	US-201414449171-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2014
Priority date	Aug 1, 2014
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A container ( 100 ) includes a first container portion ( 101 ) and a second container portion ( 102 ). One or both can include an end member ( 105 ) and a cylindrical sidewall ( 103 ) extending from the end member. The cylindrical sidewall can include a central layer ( 301 ), an inner wrap ( 302 ), and an outer wrap ( 303 ). The central layer and the outer wrap can define one or more axially aligned apertures ( 304,305 ). A hang tab ( 106 ) defining a loop ( 107 ) and one or more socles ( 307,308 ) can be inserted through the apertures with the loop disposed exterior of the cylindrical sidewall and the one or more socles disposed between the central layer and the inner wrap.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container portion, comprising:
an end member;
a cylindrical sidewall extending from the end member, the cylindrical sidewall comprising a central layer, an inner wrap, and an outer wrap, the central layer and the outer wrap defining axially aligned apertures; and
a hang tab defining a loop and one or more socles, the loop disposed exterior of the cylindrical sidewall and the one or more socles disposed between the central layer and the inner wrap.

2. The container portion of claim 1 , the end member substantially planar.

3. The container portion of claim 1 , the inner wrap thicker than the outer wrap.

4. The container portion of claim 3 , one or more of the inner wrap and the outer wrap comprising a paper-based material.

5. The container portion of claim 3 , one or more of the inner wrap or the outer wrap adhesively coupled to the central layer.

6. The container portion of claim 3 , the central layer thicker than the inner wrap.

7. The container portion of claim 6 , the central layer comprising a cardboard-based material.

8. The container portion of claim 1 , the one or more socles adhesively coupled to an interior of the central layer.

9. The container portion of claim 1 , the outer wrap comprising visual indicia disposed along an outer surface of the outer wrap, the visual indicia disposed 180 degrees about the cylindrical sidewall from the hang tab.

10. The container portion of claim 1 , the hang tab comprising a unitary strip folded to define the loop with a first portion of the unitary strip contacting a second portion of the unitary strip to define a base disposed between the one or more socles and the loop.

11. The container portion of claim 10 , the first portion and the second portion coupled together by stitching.

12. The container portion of claim 10 , the unitary strip comprising a polyester-based ribbon.

13. The container portion of claim 10 , the loop having a diameter greater than 40 millimeters.

Assignees

• Google Technology Holdings LLC

Inventors

• Schettle Adam C
• Hanif Umar
• Isaacs Dickon
• Bower Karl
• Hague Phil
• Pourian Neema
• Mcintosh Zachary J

Classifications

• B31C13/00

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B31C5/00

  Making tubes or pipes without using mandrels · CPC title

• B65D15/24

  Connections between walls · CPC title

• B65D25/22 Primary

  for facilitating lifting or suspending of containers · CPC title

• B65D15/02

  of curved, or partially curved, cross-section, e.g. cans, drums · CPC title