US 11,849,739 B1
Collapsible, deformable container and dispensing apparatus
Roman Gamburg, Englishtown, NJ (US); and Ilya Margolin, Longmeadow, MA (US)
Assigned to Container Innovations LLC, Englishtown, NJ (US)
Filed by Container Innovations LLC, Englishtown, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/994,451.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/887,129, filed on Aug. 15, 2019.
Int. Cl. A23G 9/50 (2006.01); B65D 85/78 (2006.01); A23G 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC A23G 9/283 (2013.01) [A23G 9/50 (2013.01); B65D 85/78 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deformable container, comprising:
an end wall section;
a first annular wall section connected to the end wall section;
a curved wall section connected to the first annular wall section;
a second annular wall section connected to the first annular wall section via the curved wall section, the second annular wall section circumscribing a central void, the first annular wall section and the second annular wall section each comprising straight wall portions, the first annular wall section having a first diameter and the second annular wall section having a second diameter, the second diameter of the second annular wall section being greater than the first diameter of the first annular wall section such that the deformable container has a stepped configuration, the first annular wall section having a first wall thickness, the second annular wall section having a second wall thickness, and the curved wall section having a third wall thickness; and
a lid, the lid including a lid straight wall portion that corresponds to the straight wall portion of the second annular wall section, and the lid straight wall portion configured to be disposed adjacent to the straight wall portion of the second annular wall section when the lid is inserted into an open end of the second annular wall section;
wherein, upon extrusion of a dispensable product from the deformable container by a force exerted upon the end wall section, the curved wall section is configured to deform into the central void circumscribed by the second annular wall section, and the first annular wall section is configured to deform into and invert within the central void circumscribed by the second annular wall section, and the lid straight wall portion supports the straight wall portion of the second annular wall section when the force is being exerted upon the end wall section of the first annular wall section so as to prevent a buckling of the straight wall portion of the second annular wall section;
wherein the first wall thickness of the first annular wall section is approximately equal to the second wall thickness of the second annular wall section, and the third wall thickness of the curved wall section is less than the first and second wall thicknesses.