US 11,999,530 B2
Container with removable end
Lawrence Robert Carpenter, Darlington, SC (US); Tony L. Thomas, Hartsville, SC (US); Paul E. Miller, Cheraw, SC (US); and Kurt A. Ziegenfelder, Florence, SC (US)
Assigned to SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC., Hartsville, SC (US)
Filed by SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC., Hartsville, SC (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/922,468.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,420, filed on Jul. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0009305 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 3/04 (2006.01); B65D 3/26 (2006.01); B65D 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 3/04 (2013.01) [B65D 3/262 (2013.01); B65D 3/28 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container comprising:
a base;
at least one paper-based sidewall seamed to and extending upwardly from the base, wherein the at least one sidewall comprises a score line near the base that is at least partially circumferential and is configured to be torn through to remove the base from the sidewall, wherein the score line delineates a bottom portion of the container comprising the base and a portion of the at least one paper-based sidewall; and
a liner ply releasably adhered to an interior surface of the sidewall, wherein the liner ply is configured to separate from the interior surface of the paper-based sidewall, including the bottom portion, upon removal of the bottom portion.