Special receptacle or package – Retainer enters opening in article
Patent
1997-12-01
1999-12-21
Foster, Jim
Special receptacle or package
Retainer enters opening in article
206564, 220675, 426124, 426128, B65D 8338
Patent
active
060036710
ABSTRACT:
A container includes two container members which, when together, form an interior which includes a cup sized and shaped to hold a cupcake. The cup has a bottom, sides, and at least one protrusion extending inwardly from at least one of the sides. The protrusion is positioned and protrudes inwardly enough such that, when a cupcake in a cupcake baking liner is placed in the cup, the protrusion is below the top of the cupcake baking liner and the protrusion holds the cupcake in a substantially stationary position. One of the members may be a top member and the other, a bottom member. The bottom member (the member with the cup(s)) may have vertical pleats in opposite sides of the cup(s). The pleats are spreadable at the top of the cup(s) to allow easier removal of a cupcake. The pleats are also compressible to allow the member to better hold a cupcake. The bottom member may also have an upwardly projecting midline crease in the bottom of the cup when the pleats are open, the crease extending from the pleats on one side of the cup to the pleats on the other side of the cup. When a crease is provided, the bottom of the cup is flexible enough to allow the crease to flatten to some degree when a cupcake is placed in the bottom member, thereby helping to close the pleats.
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Marlowe Brenda J.
McDonough Renee Ann
McGinnis Denise Marie
McGinnis Peggy Ann
McGinnis Robert Joseph
Cargill Lynn E.
Cornwall Susan M.
Foster Jim
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