IP Library Granted Patent US 10,597,193
Granted Patent B2
US 10,597,193 · App. 15/993,157 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Container with removable tray

Inventors: Slawek Witkowski (Florence, SC); R. Michael Schock (Hartsville, SC); Laura Boatwright (Hartsville, SC); Michael L. Thornton (Fort Mill, SC)
Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
B65D25/02B65D25/00B65D43/0212B65D81/3216B65D2543/00092B65D2543/00277B65D2543/00296B65D2543/00537
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,597,193
App. No.
15/993,157
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a container including a container body with a removable tray wherein the container can house at least two materials that must be kept separate until use. The container also may have upwardly extending fingers in the removable tray for securing a material.

Claims (12)

1. A container comprising:

a container body defining a first body end and a second body end, and a container space formed between the first body end and the second body end;

a removable tray positioned within the container body between the first container body end and the second container body end, the removable tray having an open top end and an enclosed bottom end, wherein when the removable tray is positioned within the container body, the removable tray divides the container space into an enclosed container space containing a first material and a removable tray space containing a second material; and

at least two fingers extending upwardly from the bottom end of the removable tray, wherein the fingers are configured to removably secure a housing therein,

wherein the container is configured such that the first material and the second material are separated prior to removal of the removable tray and may be intermixed after removal of the removable tray.

2. The container of claim 1 , wherein the container further comprises an overcap that encloses the first body end and the removable tray.

3. The container of claim 1 , wherein the container further comprises a membrane enclosing the first body end and the removable tray.

4. The container of claim 1 , additionally comprising a locking structure located on at least a portion of the removable tray sidewall that mates with a corresponding structure on at least a portion of an internal surface of the container body sidewall.

5. The container of claim 1 , additionally comprising a mating ridge and groove disposed on at least a portion of an internal surface of the container body and at least a portion of an external surface of the removable tray such that the ridge and groove are configured to mate and retain the tray in position until the tray is removed.

6. The container of claim 1 , wherein the second material is contained within the housing.

7. The container of claim 1 , wherein the second material is disposed in the removable tray.

8. The container of claim 1 , wherein the fingers are configured to removably snap-fit the housing therein.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: WITKOWSKI, SLAWEK; SCHOCK, R. MICHAEL; BOATWRIGHT, LAURA; THORNTON, MICHAEL L.
To: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 045964/0547 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14887669 · Oct 20, 2015
Division 13584438 · Aug 13, 2012
Related Publication 20180273246A1 · Sep 27, 2018