US 12,404,082 B2
Tube end closure
Jason S. Erdie, Richfield, OH (US); and Randolph E. Digges, III, Bonita Springs, FL (US)
Assigned to Erdie End Caps, LLC, Lorain, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/642,343
Filed by Erdie End Caps, LLC, Lorain, OH (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/051042
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/055453, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/020,201, filed on May 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/964,872, filed on Jan. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/901,417, filed on Sep. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297909 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 61/00 (2006.01); B65D 59/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 61/00 (2013.01) [B65D 59/06 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shipping container comprising:
a seamless cylindrical paper tube having a central axis and first and second ends each defining an opening;
an end closure that is received within and closes the opening defined by one of the first and second ends of the tube; and
a non-roll sleeve disposed on the tube at the end of the tube defining the opening within which the end closure is received;
wherein the non-roll sleeve has a rectangular cross-section perpendicular to the central axis of the tube when disposed on the tube, and
wherein the non-roll sleeve disposed on the tube covers only a portion but not all of the tube, leaving a central portion of the tube exposed.