US 11,702,245 B2
Container and lid
Michele M. Dziaba, Mundelein, IL (US); Andrew Thomas Tilton, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Jeffrey A. Johnson, Lake Forest, IL (US); and Joseph M. Miskovic, Bonita Springs, FL (US)
Assigned to Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/521,575.
Application 17/521,575 is a continuation of application No. 16/597,652, filed on Oct. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,192,687.
Application 16/597,652 is a continuation of application No. 14/917,151, granted, now 10,479,554, issued on Nov. 19, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2014/054476, filed on Sep. 8, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/875,595, filed on Sep. 9, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/875,595, filed on Sep. 9, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097886 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 47/06 (2006.01); B65D 21/02 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65B 55/02 (2006.01); B65B 55/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 21/0219 (2013.01) [B65B 55/027 (2013.01); B65B 55/103 (2013.01); B65D 43/0204 (2013.01); B65D 43/0212 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00027 (2013.01); B65D 2543/0074 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00083 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00296 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00398 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00527 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00537 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00657 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00685 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00796 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A removable lid for a container, the lid comprising:
a top wall portion having a raised perimeter including contiguous side edge portions and end edge portions;
a skirt portion depending downwardly from the raised perimeter of the top wall portion and having a free edge, opposite the raised perimeter, with corresponding side edge portions and end edge portions; and
raised ribs extending upwardly from the top wall portion and along the raised perimeter, the raised ribs being entirely spaced from the raised perimeter, the raised ribs defining a planar label region therebetween;
wherein each of the raised ribs has opposing ends and includes a raised central portion and two end portions, each of the two end portions tapering downwardly from the raised central portion to a respective one of the opposing ends.