US 11,851,246 B2
Collapsible container
Alexandra Nicole Taylor, Walkersville, MD (US); Julius Austria Coronel, Copley, OH (US); Rebecca Massie Grey, Dayton, OH (US); Andrew Douglas Gordon, Medina, OH (US); and Zachary Parker Willard, Johns Creek, GA (US)
Assigned to BIG HEART PET, INC., Orrville, OH (US)
Filed by BIG HEART PET, INC., Orrville, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/775,336.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/798,894, filed on Jan. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0239196 A1, Jul. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. B65D 35/10 (2006.01); B65D 35/44 (2006.01); B65D 17/28 (2006.01); B65D 17/50 (2006.01); B65D 83/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 35/10 (2013.01) [B65D 17/4011 (2018.01); B65D 17/502 (2013.01); B65D 35/44 (2013.01); B65D 83/0055 (2013.01); B65D 2231/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for food comprising:
a tapered sidewall of flexible or pliable material;
a ring of rigid material having an outwardly extending edge, the ring attached to a top of the sidewall and defining an opening of the container; and
a rigid base attached to a bottom of the sidewall and defining a bottom of the container, the rigid base having a base surface area and the bottom of the container having a bottom surface area, wherein the base surface area is less than or equal to the bottom surface area,
whereby a slope associated with the tapered sidewall is a continuous straight line between the rigid base and the ring.