Patents

US 11331887 B2: Polyolefin-based composition for a lid and methods of making and using

Granted
2022-05-17
Filed
2019-03-05 application 16292495
Type
Utility · 25 claims
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Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to compositions and processes suitable for use in forming a lid for a hot food or beverage container, the lid being made from a multi-layer sheet that includes a substrate layer and a cap layer made from polyolefin-based compositions. The lid has a density less than water at 23° C., allowing the lid to be recycled in a recycling stream.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg220517.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Dart Container Corporation 48 patentsUS company or organizationBig Rapids, MIDART CONTAINER CORPORATION State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and statePVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Chengtao LiNovi, MI14PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B32BLayered products, i.e. products built-up of strata of flat or non-flat, e.g. cellular or honeycomb, formB32B27/08PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
C08LCompositions of macromolecular compoundsC08L23/06PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
C08KUse of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredientsC08K3/346PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2019-03-05Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
LI, CHENGTAO signed 2019-02-07DART CONTAINER CORPORATION MASON, MI48503/822ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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