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Granted Patent B2
US 11,535,420 · App. 16/573,105 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Expandable packaging for facilitating beverage cooling

Inventors: Luis Prior (Whitby, CA); Steve Noorhoff (Scarborough, CA)
B65D5/248B65D5/563B65D5/2076B65D5/46088
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,535,420
App. No.
16/573,105
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A case for beverage containers comprising a single continuous waterproof surface having walls and a floor and defining a container space, the container space being expandable by the movement of at least one of the walls so as to expand the container space.

Claims (6)

1. A case for beverage containers, the case comprising a single continuous waterproof surface defining a container space comprising a floor and at least a first wall and a second wall, the first wall being movably coupled to the second wall so as to expand the container space by movement of the first wall, the container further comprising a connecting portion coupling the first wall to the second wall, the connecting portion having a fold therein that moves along the connecting portion as the first wall is moved so as to expand the container space while maintaining the single continuous waterproof surface, wherein the fold moves along the connecting portion by a rolling movement.

2. The case of claim 1 , wherein the connecting portion comprises a flexible area, the flexible area comprising a flexible material to facilitate the rolling movement of the fold.

3. The case of claim 2 , wherein the flexible material is crushed corrugated paper or crushed cardboard.

4. The case of claim 1 , wherein the connecting portion comprises a flexible area and a remaining portion, wherein the fold moves within the flexible area but not the remaining portion.

5. The case of claim 4 , wherein the flexible area is made of crushed corrugated paper or crushed cardboard.

6. The case of claim 1 , wherein the connecting portion comprises a flexible area and a remaining portion, wherein the fold is positioned on the flexible area, the flexible area but not the remaining portion comprising of crushed corrugated paper or crushed cardboard to facilitate the rolling movement of the fold.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 7, 2022
From: PRIOR, LUIS
To: ATLANTIC PACKAGING PRODUCTS LTD.
Reel/Frame 062016/0984 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 7, 2022
From: NOORHOFF, STEVE
To: ATLANTIC PACKAGING PRODUCTS LTD.
Reel/Frame 062017/0140 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62787334 · Jan 1, 2019
Related Publication 20200180807A1 · Jun 11, 2020
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