Packaging and novel container employed therewith

Claim 1

A PACKAGE COMPRISING A WAFER-LIKE ARTICLE ADAPTED TO BE CONVERTED INTO A CUP OR THE LIKE, AND HAVING A CENTRAL BOTTOM FORMING PORTION CONNECTED TO AN INTEGRALLY SURROUNDED BY SHEET MATERIAL HAVING A SERIES OF CIRCULAR ACCORDION PLEATS, THE EDGES OF WHICH ARE SHARPLY CREASED, SAID PLEATES TERMINATING IN AN OUTER RIM DISPOSED AT A LEVEL BELOW THAT OF THE UPPER EDGES OF THE PLEATS, THE WALLS OF SAID PLEATES INTERMEDIATE THOSE CONNECTED TO THE RIM AND BOTTOM FORMING PORTION HAVING A THICKNESS NO GREATER THAN APPROXIMATELY .005", SAID BOTTOM FORMING PORTIN BEING DISPOSED AT A LEVEL BENEATH THE LEVEL FO THE LOWER EGES OF THE ACCORDION PLEATS, SAID RIM AND BOTTOM FORMING PORTION HAVING A GREATER THICKNESS THAN THAT OF THE PLEATS, SAID BOTTOM FORMING PORTION HAVING A PROTRUDING BEAD TO FACILITATE UNFOLDING OF SAID PLEATES TO FORM A CUP, THE INNER SIDE OF SAID PLEATS, WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE BOTTOM FORMING PORTION, FORMING A RECESS, PRODUCT DISPOSED IN SAID RECESS, AND A COVER REMOVABLY SECURED TO THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID PLEATS IN OVERLYING RELATION TO SAID RECESS TO RETAIN THE PRODUCT THEREIN, AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE COVER PROJECTING IN OVERLYING RELATION TO SAID RIM TO FACILITATE REMOVAL OF THE COVER, SAID WAFER-LIKE ARTICLE BEING FORMED OF A PLASTIC MATERIAL WHICH IS PERMANENTLY DISTORTED AT THE SHARP EDGES OF THE PLEATS WHEN THE BOTTOM FORMING PORTION IS DISPLACED FROMTHE RIM TO UNFOLD THE PLEATES TO FORM THE WALL OF A CUP HAVING VERICAL RIGIDITY.