USPatent applicationPatented

Paperboard carrier for prepared food

Granted 17 Sep 2002 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Smurfit Westrock · originally Westvaco Corporation

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Inventors: Mark Mellon, William Roger Rigby · Examiner: Dominic Simone · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application· this page
29/143,985
filed 25 Jun 2001
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Patent
US D462904
granted 17 Sep 2002

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Description

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›The nature and intended use of the article…

The nature and intended use of the article in which the design is embodied is to insert a conatiner inside the cavity of the paperboard carrier. The paperboard carrier is shaped to retain the container and has handles to assist with transportation of the container.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a paperboard carrier for prepared food prior to gluing according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the paperboard carrier for prepared food after it has been folded and glued according to the invention;

FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the assembled paperboard carrier for prepared food prior to being loaded with a food container according to the invention; and,

FIG. 4 is an isometric view according to the invention, the food container shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/434D94/56D94/99

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