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US 8,887,945 · App. 13/727,598 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Foldable container module

Inventor: Chih-Hung Kao (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Highplus International Co., Ltd.
B65D90/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,887,945
App. No.
13/727,598
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A foldable container module includes a body and a foldable container. The body has a sidewall and a room. The foldable container has a panel, multiple folding line sets formed on the panel, and a joint. The foldable container can be transformed by folding along the multiple folding line sets. The joint connects to the sidewall of the body. The foldable container module can be held in one hand by a user, and the other hand of the user can swing freely or take the solid food from the foldable container, such that the user can also suck the liquid from the body by the straw at the same time. Moreover, when the foldable container module is to be stored, the user can fold the foldable container along the multiple folding line sets to reduce a volume of the foldable container.

Claims (18)

1. A foldable container module comprising:

a body having:

a bottom;

an upper rim; and

a sidewall formed from the bottom to the upper rim;

a foldable container being a ring, and having:

an inner edge;

an outer edge, wherein a perimeter of the outer edge is greater than a perimeter of the inner edge;

a panel connected to the outer edge and the inner edge;

multiple folding line sets formed on the panel and extending from the inner edge to the outer edge, wherein each folding line set includes a first line segment and two second line segments, wherein the two second line segments are on opposite sides of the first line segment, and the two second line segments of each folding line set overlap each other such that the first line segment protrudes out of the panel to form multiple protrusions, and a portion of the panel between the two second line segments of each folding line set is laminated to the sidewall of the body; and

a joint connected to the body and having

an outer rim connected to the sidewall of the body.

2. The foldable container module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the foldable container is flexible and made of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinylchloride, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, paper, or silica gel.

3. The foldable container module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the panel of the foldable container extends away relative to the upper rim of the body to form a containing space.

4. The foldable container module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the multiple folding line sets are arranged equidistantly on the panel, and the multiple folding line sets are vertical to the outer edge and the inner edge respectively.

5. The foldable container module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein distances from any one of the second line segments to the first line segment decrease progressively along a direction from the outer edge to the inner edge.

6. The foldable container module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two second line segments intersect with the first line segment at the inner edge.

7. The foldable container module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the protrusions can be laminated to the panel of the foldable container by turning the protrusions left or right.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2012
From: KAO, CHIH-HUNG
To: HIGHPLUS INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029529/0431 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140183204A1 · Jul 3, 2014