IP Library Granted Patent US 8,286,815
Granted Patent B2
US 8,286,815 · App. 12/573,338 · Granted Oct 16, 2012

Plastic can package

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,286,815
App. No.
12/573,338
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A package includes a container having a closed bottom, an open top having an outwardly extending flange, and a body having an enclosed generally cylindrical perimeter surrounding a longitudinal axis between the bottom and the top. The body can include an opposed pair of longitudinally extending inward protrusions forming a graspable handle dividing the body into a front label surface occupying at least 180° of the body and a back label surface smaller than the front label surface. Each inward protrusion can include a plurality of longitudinal ridges on a forwardly facing surface to facilitate single handed grasping of the package. A plurality of circumferential ribs can be situated between an upper end of the inward protrusions and the outwardly extending flange to preserve the package shape during storage on commercial food storage racks.

Claims (2)

1. A package comprising a container having a closed bottom, an open top having an outwardly extending flange, and a body having an enclosed generally cylindrical perimeter surrounding a longitudinal axis between the bottom and the top, a foil sealed to the outwardly extending flange to close the open top and a cap positioned over the foil and removably connected to the outwardly extending flange to protect the foil, the bottom, foil sealed top, and body together defining an interior volume; the body including an opposed pair of longitudinally extending inward protrusions forming a graspable handle and dividing the body into a front label surface occupying at least 180° of the body and a back label surface smaller than the front label surface, each inward protrusion including a plurality of longitudinal ridges on a forwardly facing surface, a plurality of circumferential ribs situated between an upper end of the inward protrusions and the outwardly extending flange, a heel having a cylindrical upper portion connected to the perimeter of the body, an arcuate lower portion connecting the closed bottom to a lower edge of the cylindrical upper portion, and a lug defined by a chordal wall parallel to the longitudinal axis coupled to a horizontal surface adjoining the cylindrical upper portion of the heel under the back label surface, wherein the plurality of circumferential ribs includes a plurality of outermost surfaces and a set of indentations vertically separating each rib from any adjacent rib, the outermost surfaces having a diameter that is the same as the cylindrical upper portion of the heel, and wherein the set of indentations have an innermost diameter that is the same as the cylindrical perimeter portion of the body.

2. The package of claim 1 , further comprising a neck portion separating the plurality of circumferential ribs from the outwardly extending flange, the neck portion having a diameter less than the innermost diameter of the set of indentations.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2011
From: BALL CORPORATION
To: AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 026298/0137 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2009
From: THIERJUNG, GEORGE A.; GRATKE, JAMES C.
To: BALL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023335/0865 →