Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Packaged food product and method of packaging
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Application No.: US16848163Application Date: 2020-04-14
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Publication No.: US11485565B2Publication Date: 2022-11-01
- Inventor: Jason Nagy , Richard Zarnoch
- Applicant: General Mills Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: General Mills Inc.
- Current Assignee: General Mills Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC
- Agent John L. Crimmins, Esq.
- Main IPC: B65D81/32
- IPC: B65D81/32 ; A21D13/16 ; A21D10/02 ; B65B25/16 ; B65D8/00

Abstract:
A packaged food product includes a container having at least one dough product and a cup within the container. The cup includes at least one sidewall, a plurality of tapered guide members located at spaced circumferential positions about the sidewall, a bottom wall and an upper annular rim. The rim also defines an opening, opposite the bottom wall, leading to an interior storage cavity of the cup. During initial insertion of the cup into a container, first portions of the guide members are progressively pressed against an interior sidewall surface of the container and assure a proper, level alignment of the cup, preventing the cup from tipping during insertion. With further insertion, second portions of the guide members lead to the rim, with the rim having a diameter which assures a tight friction fit, potentially in combination with a cup seal cover, to an inner diameter of the container.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210316930A1 Packaged Food Product and Method of Packaging Public/Granted day:2021-10-14
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