IP Library Granted Patent US 7,458,500
Granted Patent B2
US 7,458,500 · App. 10/899,877 · Granted Dec 2, 2008

Commercial bulk ice cream or frozen novelty container and method of manufacture

Assignee: ABRO Weidenhammer GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,458,500
App. No.
10/899,877
Granted
Dec 2, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cardboard sidewall has a volume of greater than or equal to one and half gallons. A cardboard bottom includes a polyethylene coating on an inside of the bottom. An inside of the sidewall also includes a polyethylene coating. The bottom is heat sealed onto a bottom portion of the sidewall to form a seal. Furthermore, in one embodiment, a plastic ring is affixed to an inside of a top portion of the sidewall.

Claims (14)

1. A commercial bulk ice cream or frozen novelty container, comprising:

a cardboard cylindrical sidewall having a volume of greater than or equal to one and a half gallons, and wherein the sidewall has a top portion and a bottom portion;

a cardboard bottom sealed to the bottom portion of the sidewall, wherein a portion of an inside of the bottom overlaps the bottom portion of the sidewall on an outside of the sidewall;

a plastic ring affixed to the top portion of the sidewall, wherein the plastic ring includes ribs on one side of the plastic ring that contacts an inside of the top portion of the sidewall, and wherein the plastic ring has a larger circumference than the top portion of the sidewall; and

a cardboard lid that fits over and is removable from the top portion of the sidewall.

2. The commercial bulk ice cream or frozen novelty container of claim 1 , wherein an inside of the sidewall includes a polyethylene coating.

3. A commercial bulk ice cream or frozen novelty container, comprising:

a cardboard sidewall forming a volume greater than or equal to one and half gallons, the sidewall having an inside adapted to house frozen product and an outside, and wherein the sidewall includes a top portion and a bottom portion;

a cardboard bottom sealed to the sidewall, wherein an inside of the cardboard bottom is coated with polyethylene;

a plastic ring affixed to the top portion of the sidewall, wherein one side of the plastic ring includes ribs, the ribs in contact with a top portion of the sidewall, and wherein the plastic ring has a larger circumference than the sidewall; and

a cardboard lid that fits over and is removable from the top portion of the sidewall.

4. The commercial bulk ice cream or frozen novelty container of claim 3 wherein an inside portion of the lid includes a polyethylene coating.

5. The commercial bulk ice cream or frozen novelty container of claim 3 , wherein the inside of the sidewall includes a polyethylene coating.

6. The commercial bulk ice cream or frozen novelty container of claim 3 , wherein the sidewall is a virgin kraft cardboard.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2014
From: WEIDENHAMMER PACKAGING GROUP GMBH
To: WEIDENHAMMER NEW PACKAGING LLC
Reel/Frame 033898/0398 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2014
From: WEIDENHAMMER PACKAGING GROUP GMBH; ABRO WEIDENHAMMER GMBH
To: WEIDENHAMMER PACKAGING GROUP GMBH
Reel/Frame 033886/0028 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2007
From: WEIDENHAMMER PACKAGING LP
To: ABRO WEIDENHAMMER GMBH
Reel/Frame 019870/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2004
From: WHITAKER, JOHN CLIFFORD; KOESSENDRUP, KLAUS MICHAEL
To: WEIDENHAMMER PACKAGING LP
Reel/Frame 015637/0039 →
Continuity (1)
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