940results about "Boxes" patented technology

A repulpable insulated container assembly having a container formed of paper such as corrugated cardboard or varying paper materials and defining an interior; and a repulpable insert placed within the interior of the container and formed of a first paper layer; and a paper fiber pad coupled to the first paper layer.

A metal cup and method of forming the same is provided. Metal cups of the present disclosure comprise a plurality of thin, straight-walled sections and a tapered profile. A domed portion is provided in the bottom of the cup. The cup may comprise a disposable cup, a reusable cup, or a recyclable cup.

A water tank is disclosed. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a water tank may include: a tank body having a tank body space formed therein; a tank cover configured to cover the tank body space and be coupled to the tank body; a reinforcing member that is at least partially accommodated in the tank body space and is respectively coupled to the tank body and the tank cover to reinforce rigidity of the tank body or the tank cover; and a fastening part configured to couple the reinforcing member and the tank cover.

A metal cup and method of forming the same is provided. Metal cups of the present disclosure comprise a plurality of thin, straight-walled sections and a tapered profile. A domed portion is provided in the bottom of the cup. The cup may comprise a disposable cup, a reusable cup, or a recyclable cup.

A drink cup includes a body formed to include an interior region providing a fluid-holding reservoir and a brim. The brim is coupled to the body to form an opening into the interior region. The body includes a floor and a sidewall that extends away from the floor. The drink cup further includes a body-strengthening system coupled to the body.

A storage trunk including a container, a lid, a latch and a seal is provided. The container can include an upper surface, a plurality of sidewalls, and a bottom surface. The lid can include a top section and a lip disposed adjacent to the top section. The lip can include a latch receiving section having a lock receiving section. The lid can be removably secured to the container. The latch can be connected to the container. The seal can be disposed adjacent to the lip of the lid. In certain embodiments, the storage trunk can include a tie-down element, a handle, and / or a wheel.

Systems and methods for providing compostable food containers, which preserve the quality of a food product for an extended duration of time, and which optionally, allow for cooking of the food product therein. In some implementations, the food containers are sturdy, stackable, insulating, and require minimal or no manual labor to assemble. In some implementations, the food container includes a base and a cover, which cooperate to form a closed chamber for supporting, protecting, insulating and optionally cooking a food product, such as a pizza. The base and cover may each be formed of a single layer of material including, but not limited to, molded sugarcane fiber (“bagasse”), molded wood fiber, molded bamboo fiber, molded paper or plastic.

A container includes a base, four sidewalls, and four corner columns. Each of the sidewalls includes upper and lower edges, an upwardly-extending rail extending proximate to the upper edge, a curved wall extending proximate to the lower edge, and a downwardly-extending foot extending from the curved wall. The foot is horizontally offset from the rail. The four corner columns extend between adjacent ones of the sidewalls. Each of the corner columns includes a first corner wall. Each of the first corner walls includes one or more corner notches proximate to a lower edge of the first corner wall. The container is adapted to slide along at least a portion of another one of the container through slidable engagement of at least one of the corner notches with the rails on the other one of the container.

Improved containers nest inside of each other when empty, thereby saving storage and transport space. Smaller containers can nest inside of larger containers for increased space efficiency. These containers, in various instances, use standard-sized canning jar lids, such as ‘small-mouth’ or ‘large-mouth’ jars and the like, to prevent “orphaning” of containers and lids.

The invention relates to a method by which a starting material for injection molding having a viscosity of between 0.50 and 0.7 dL / g is produced from a recycled post-consumer PET having a viscosity of between 0.72 and 0.86 dL / g according to ASTM D4603 and a copolymer fraction of at most approximately 3%, adding a low-viscosity PET material. In the method, the comminuted and dried PET material is melted and decontaminated to such a degree that it is suitable for applications in the food sector and the consumer goods sector.

A portable fluid tank system can include a mounting assembly for secure and adaptable attachment to external docking assemblies. The portable fluid tank system can include a fluid tank with an internal volume for fluid storage and a fluid actuation system for controlled fluid movement and pressurization. An electronics housing within the portable fluid tank system can accommodate a removable energy storage device, providing power to the actuation system. The mounting assembly can include a first engagement member on the fluid tank, configured to mechanically engage with a complementary second engagement member on an external docking assembly. This engagement facilitates the secure attachment of the portable fluid tank system to the docking assembly. The mounting assembly can include a mounting frame, contoured to match the exterior geometry of the fluid tank and extend around its periphery.

Systems and methods for providing compostable food containers, which preserve the quality of a food product for an extended duration of time, and which optionally, allow for cooking of the food product therein. In some implementations, the food containers are sturdy, stackable, insulating, and require minimal or no manual labor to assemble. In some implementations, the food container includes a base and a cover, which cooperate to form a closed chamber for supporting, protecting, insulating and optionally cooking a food product, such as a pizza. The base and cover may each be formed of a single layer of material including, but not limited to, molded sugarcane fiber (“bagasse”), molded wood fiber, molded bamboo fiber, molded paper or plastic.

The invention relates to a system comprising at least one lightweight pallet and multiple similarly designed containers. Each container has four side walls and container base. The system includes stacking pins as separate components. The pallet features an upper deck with a bearing surface, supported by feet and / or runners, and incorporates first stacking pin receivers. Each container base is provided with at least one second stacking pin receiver. These receivers are dimensioned for insertion of a stacking pin, allowing a container to be securely fixed to the pallet. The stacking pin can be stably arranged in two positions: in the first, it engages the first receiver on the container's side while protruding over the bearing surface to engage the second receiver; in the second, it is countersunk in the first receiver, forming a clamping fit with the upper deck or its thread.

A container system having a base and a lid. The base has a bottom and one or more sidewalls extending from the bottom to define an interior volume, the base having a rim at a peripheral edge of the one or more sidewalls, the rim defining a first engagement region. The system also has a lid having a peripheral outer rim defining a second engagement region, the first and second engagement regions dimensioned to releasably engage with each other. The lid has a hinged region having a first hinge about which the lid folds as a first part of the lid is lifted from the base to disengage portions of the first and second engagement regions from one another, to provide access to the interior volume of the base while a second part of the lid on an opposite side of the hinge remains secured and attached to the base.

The invention relates to a planar composite comprisinga. a carrier layer,b. a barrier layer, andc. an inner polymer layer;wherein the planar composite includes at least a first plurality of grooves arranged and configured such that at least a part of a container wall of a closed container is obtainable by folding along the grooves and joining portions; wherein the closed container includes a standing base and a head portion; wherein the head portion includes at least 3 head side surfaces inclined to each other in a longitudinal direction such that the closed container tapers at least in sections in the head portion; wherein a perimeter of each of the head side surfaces is respectively formed by a plurality of side edges; wherein each of the plurality of side edges includes a pair of steep edges; wherein each pair of steep edges is formed along a pair of grooves; wherein the grooves of each of the pairs of grooves are at an angle in the range from 40 to 60° to one other. The invention further relates to processes of manufacture and corresponding process products; a container precursor and a closed container, each comprising the planar composite or a blank thereof; a further closed container; and a use of the planar composite or the container precursor.

A storage container system that includes a lid and a storage container. The lid is positionable in a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration. The storage container includes an opening and a lid storage region. When the lid is in the unfolded configuration, the lid is attachable to the storage container to substantially enclose the opening. The lid storage region is on an outer surface of the storage container. When the lid is in the folded configuration, the lid is positionable at least partially in the lid storage region.

The freezable insulated crate liner generally relates to devices and methods for transporting items, and more specifically relates to crate liners for use in delivering temperature-controlled items such as perishable food. The crate liners are insulated to maintain a temperature-controlled environment within the liner. The crate liners may also be collapsible to minimize the space required for storing the crate liner when not in use.

The utility model relates to the technical field of blister boxes, and discloses a portable blister box which comprises a lower box body, an upper box cover and a lifting rope. A bending connecting plate is fixedly connected between the lower box body and the upper box cover, a connecting clamping groove is fixedly connected to the lower box body, a connecting buckle is fixedly connected to the upper box cover, and the connecting clamping groove and the connecting buckle are in interference fit with each other; edge lugs are fixedly connected to the two sides of the lower box body, fixing cylinders are fixedly connected into the edge lugs, hanging grooves are formed in the outer sides of the fixing cylinders, elastic buckle plates are installed in the hanging grooves, and the lifting ropes are arranged in the fixing cylinders. According to the plastic uptake box, a set of hanging grooves are additionally formed in the two sides of the plastic uptake box in the mode that the side lugs are installed on the two sides of the plastic uptake box, at the moment, a worker can twist the preservative film into the carrying rope, the carrying rope is knotted at the two ends of the carrying rope, and therefore the plastic uptake box is convenient to use. The carrying rope and the hanging groove are mutually assembled, so that the handle is additionally arranged on the blister box, and the blister box is convenient to carry by people.

The disclosure relates to forming shaped thermoplastic articles having smooth peripheries. Many thermoplastic articles have sharp edges formed upon molding or cutting the article from a feedstock sheet. Such sharp edges can damage thin plastic films or flesh which they contact, and smoothing the edges is desirable. Described herein are methods of forming a smooth periphery for such sharp-edged articles by rolling over the sharp edge. The smoothing operation is performed by forming a deflectable flange including a bend region separated from the potentially sharp peripheral edge by a spacer, deflecting a portion of the deflectable flange, and softening at least one bent portion of the deflectable flange to yield a smooth periphery upon cooling.

The invention relates to the technical field of high polymer materials, and discloses a preparation method of a modified master batch degradable material and application of the modified master batch degradable material in a packaging lunch box, and the modified master batch degradable material comprises the following components by mass: 75.0-93.8 parts of poly (butylene succinate); 5.0 to 20.0 parts of aliphatic series-aromatic copolyester; 1.0 to 4.0 parts of 1, 1 '-methylenebis-4, 1-phenylene-bismaleimide, and 1.0 to 4.0 parts of 1, 1'-methylenebis-4, 1-phenylene-bismaleimide; 0.5 to 2.0 parts of talcum powder; the method comprises the following steps: mixing dried poly (butylene succinate), aliphatic-aromatic copolyester, bismaleimide and talcum powder, performing reactive extrusion and melt mixing through a twin-screw extruder, and then cooling, pelletizing and drying the extrudate. Through specific components and a reactive extrusion process, a dynamic cross-linked network is formed by utilizing a Diels-Alder reaction, and the modified master batch degradable material of which the comprehensive mechanical property and the heat resistance are remarkably improved is prepared.

An insulated container may include a rigid container surrounding an insulation layer formed from a post-industrial, pre-consumer card waste. The insulation layer may be characterized by a lack of any wrapping material. The insulation layer may be manufactured using a variety of converting processes including, carding, airlay, and needle punch to form a non-woven material for providing consistent density throughout the insulation layer. The insulation layer may include a natural fiber lamination layer on an outer surface of the insulation layer. The insulation layer may be biodegradable in an anaerobic environment.

A molded pulp product formed from the molding of a three-dimensional pulp slurry. The pulp slurry comprises a natural fiber composition of virgin fibers which have not been recycled and are derived from plant materials. The natural fiber composition includes hemp fibers which have been micronized to suitable length and combined with pulverized hemp shive to form a fibrous matrix. The molded pulp product is formed from a vacuum molding process, thermoforming process, custom air-burst molding process, or other molding process wherein the slurry is applied to a three-dimensional mold and a three-dimensional product is formed. The resulting packaging product is one hundred percent biodegradable.

The present invention concerns a paper-based barrier multilayer packaging material structure (1) being formed as a unitary sheet and comprising from its outer surface to its inner surface, the following layers: —a polymer dispersion coating (9) having a thickness of 1 to 10 μm, —a paperboard (8) having a grammage of between 120 g / m2 and 500 g / m2, —a water-based or solvent-less adhesive (7) having a thickness of 1 to 10 μm, —a barrier metallized paper layer (MBPL) having substance weight between 30-120 g / m2, preferably 45 to 90 g / m2 and a Water Vapour Transmission Rate (WVTR) of 10 to 0.1 g / m2 / d, preferably a WVTR of 1.0 to 0.1 g / m2 / d measured at 38° C. and 90% RH, and an Oxygen Transmission Rate (OTR) comprised between 100 and 0.1 cc / m2 / d, measured at 23° C. and 50% RH, preferably an OTR comprised between 1.0 and 0.1 cc / m2 / d. —at least one layer of a polymer dispersion coating (2) having a thickness of 1 to 25 μm, preferably of 5 to 15 μm.

A repulpable insulation material includes a batt formed of a mixture of thermoplastic binder fibers and cellulose fibers bound together by the thermoplastic binder fibers, the thermoplastic binder fibers making up about 0.5% to 25% by weight of the batt, the repulpable insulation material having a weight within a range from 1000 GSM to 1600 GSM, wherein subjecting the repulpable insulation material to a repulpability test produces greater than 85% fiber yield.

A stackable tote for an automated storage and retrieval system. The stackable tote includes a tote casement of a general frustum shape with walls forming a void within the tote casement. A top of the tote casement surrounding the void has an upper rim, bounding an opening of the void, the upper rim having a flat surface for contacting and supporting another tote received by automation. A relief channel is formed in the upper rim forming an escapement space for an end of arm tool of a robot automatically stacking the other tote with the stackable tote to form a stack with a standard height on a standard pallet.