Patents
US 8091731 B2: Container
- Granted
- 2012-01-10
- Filed
- 2007-11-28 application 11946349
- Type
- Utility · 22 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A container for packaging food for transporting and selling to consumers is provided. The container includes a base having a pair of inwardly recessed pockets for capturing a pair of extending latching portions on a lid. The pair of extending latching portions has concave grooves allowing the extending latching portions to flex inwards from an initial position for insertion into the pair inwardly recessed pockets. When the pair of extending latching portions are inserted into the pair inwardly recessed pockets, the pair of extending latching portions expand back to their initial position and protrusions within the pair of inwardly recessed pockets retain the pair of extending latching portions creating a tight fit and preventing the lid of the container from being easily disengaged from the base of the container.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg120110.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENINSULA PACKAGING, LLC 16 patents | US company or organization | Exeter, CA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Kidd | Placentia, CA | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Stephen P. Zapatka | Kingston, IL | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B65D | Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages | B65D75/22 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-15 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. signed 2025-04-01 | TOPPAN THERMOFORMED PACKAGING HOLDINGS, INC. CHARLOTTE, NC | 71282/133 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-03-17 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | BANK OF MONTREAL, AS AGENT signed 2017-03-14 | PENINSULA PACKAGING, LLC EXETER, CA | 70536/701 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2017-05-08 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | PENINSULA PACKAGING, LLC signed 2017-04-27 | SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. HARTSVILLE, SC | 42284/182 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2010-02-09 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | PENINSULA PACKAGING, LLC signed 2010-01-28 | BANK OF MONTREAL, AS AGENT EXETER, CA | 23937/382 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2007-11-28 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KIDD, ALLEN signed 2007-11-20 ZAPATKA, STEPHEN P. signed 2007-11-21 | PENINSULA PACKAGING, LLC EXETER, CA | 20170/840 | ECORSEXC, 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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