US 11,738,932 B2
Container with insulating features
Kosaraju Mohan, Menomonee Falls, WI (US); Kyle Baird, Milwaukee, WI (US); Jozef Milewski, Richfield, WI (US); James Vogt, West Bend, WI (US); Ryan Kaestner, Milwaukee, WI (US); Mark Baldwin, Milwaukee, WI (US); and John Best, Downingtown, PA (US)
Assigned to Graphic Packaging International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Graphic Packaging International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/382,270.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/794,131, filed on Jan. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/674,834, filed on May 22, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/657,246, filed on Apr. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0315557 A1, Oct. 17, 2019
Int. Cl. B65D 81/38 (2006.01); B65D 3/06 (2006.01); B65D 3/14 (2006.01); B65D 21/02 (2006.01); B65D 21/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/3869 (2013.01) [B65D 3/06 (2013.01); B65D 3/14 (2013.01); B65D 21/0233 (2013.01); B65D 21/08 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for containing a cold fluid, comprising:
a sidewall construct comprising an inner sidewall extending at least partially around an interior of the container, an outer sleeve attached to the inner sidewall, and a cavity defined between the inner sidewall and the outer sleeve; and
a closed bottom defining a bottom of the interior of the container,
the container comprises insulating features comprising the cavity and a plurality of annular bands, each annular band of the plurality of annular bands comprises a spacer that extends in the cavity from the inner sidewall to the outer sleeve, the spacer having a width between about 80 mils and about 120 mils, and
adjacent bands define a respective sealed pocket of a plurality of sealed pockets in the cavity circumscribing the inner sidewall such that the insulating features maintain a desired temperature of the cold fluid,
the spacer comprises at least a first layer of material and a second layer of material, each of the first layer of material and the second layer of material being a substantially continuous length of material that circumscribes the inner sidewall, the first layer of material is adjacent to the second layer of material, the first layer of material and the second layer of material are comprised of adhesive.