US 12,336,548 B2
Gummy confectionery-coated non-edible container
Chung Hyun Lee, Seoul (KR); David Johnston Smith, Auckland (NZ); Diwata Katrina Dinglasa Santillan, Auckland (NZ); Ethan Luke Harrold, Auckland (NZ); and Ethan Hutchinson, Dairy Flat (NZ)
Assigned to ZURU EDGE LIMITED, Kowloon (HK)
Appl. No. 17/632,165
Filed by ZURU (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/SG2020/050461
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/029826, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 756215 (NZ), filed on Aug. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279810 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A23G 3/54 (2006.01); B65D 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A23G 3/545 (2013.01) [B65D 11/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article comprising a layer of gummy confectionery adhered by an injection molding process to an outer surface of a non-edible container, wherein:
the layer of gummy confectionery comprises a plurality of sections separable by indented grooves, perforations, gaps or a combination thereof,
the layer of gummy confectionery conforms to a shape of an outer surface of the non-edible container, partially encapsulating the non-edible container, and
the plurality of sections are each individually removably peelable from the outer surface of the non-edible container.