| CPC B65D 85/8043 (2013.01) | 19 Claims |
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1. A beverage brewing cup, comprising:
a side wall and a floor at least partially defining a product storage region;
the floor having a center area, an inner gusset area, a puncture area, and an outer gusset area;
the center area disposed axially above the puncture area, the inner gusset area extending between and interconnecting the center area and the puncture area;
the side wall disposed axially above the puncture area and the outer gusset area, the outer gusset area extending between and interconnecting the puncture area and the side wall;
the inner gusset area including a plurality of inner gussets;
the outer gusset area including a plurality of triangular outer gussets;
the puncture area in the floor disposed between and interconnecting the inner gusset area and the outer gusset area; and
wherein the outer gusset area has a top edge coupled to a lower edge of the side wall, a bottom edge coupled to an outer edge of the puncture area, a plurality of outer gusset first tips, and a plurality of outer gusset second tips, wherein the outer gusset first tips and outer gusset second tips are arranged in an alternating circumferential pattern, wherein the outer gusset second tips are disposed radially outwardly of the outer gusset first tips, and wherein each outer gusset first tip has a first vertex each with a same shape among the plurality of outer gusset first tips and each outer gusset second tip has a second vertex each with a same shape among the plurality of outer gusset second tips;
wherein each outer gusset first tip of the plurality of outer gusset first tips and each outer gusset second tip of the plurality of outer gusset second tips is disposed: (i) entirely below the lower edge of the side wall and (ii) above the bottom edge of the outer gusset area and the outer edge of the puncture area; and
wherein the floor is formed of a thermoformable material.
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