US 12,486,073 B2
Separate food cups joined by seal sheet hinge
Ryan Adame, Queen Creek, AZ (US); Matthew Nichols, McKinney, TX (US); Vincent Taylor, Dallas, TX (US); Christine Horan, Northborough, MA (US); Gregg Flender, Bedford, MA (US); and Julia Sharpe, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Daisy Brand, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Daisy Brand, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/750,969.
Application 18/750,969 is a continuation of application No. 16/737,422, filed on Jan. 8, 2020, granted, now 12,017,818.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/790,398, filed on Jan. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0343445 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 21/02 (2006.01); B65D 1/30 (2006.01); B65D 77/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 21/0206 (2013.01) [B65D 1/30 (2013.01); B65D 77/204 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00305 (2013.01); B65D 2577/2066 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food containment assembly, comprising:
a first cup defining a first cavity and comprising a first seal flange and a first cavity seal bead encircling said first cavity, the first seal flange further comprising a first hinge seal bead disposed offset from the first cavity seal bead;
a second cup defining a second cavity and comprising a second seal flange and a second cavity seal bead encircling said second cavity, the second seal flange further comprising a second hinge seal bead disposed offset from the second cavity seal bead, the second cup being separate from and disposed adjacent to the first cup;
a seal sheet adhered to the first cavity seal bead, the first hinge seal bead, the second cavity seal bead, and the second hinge seal bead, the portion of the seal sheet that extends between and is adhered to the first hinge seal bead and the second hinge seal bead form a hinge to allow rotation of the second cup with respect to the first cup; and
wherein the hinge is maintained when the seal sheet is torn between the first cavity seal bead and the first hinge seal bead to allow access to the first cavity, and also maintained when the seal sheet is torn between the second cavity seal bead and the second hinge seal bead to allow access to the second cavity.