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US3294232A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Compact stacking assembly for tetraiiedral packages in a container

Assignee: Tetra Pak AB
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Filing: 1965-05-10
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Granted: 1966-12-27
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Expires: 1985-05-10
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Wettlen Lars Malte Roland

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 16:12
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D85/00; B65D85/54; B65D85/542

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 197 words
A COMPACT STACKING ASSEMBLY FOR A NUMBER OF TETRAHEDRAL PACKAGES 3, THE FOUR TRIANGULAR SIDES OF WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY CONGRUENT IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER, SAID PACKAGES BEING STACKED IN A CONTAINER 1, 2 HAVING A SIDE WALL 2 SURROUNDING A CENTRAL CONTAINER AXIS, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE PACKAGE 3 IN THE CONTAINER 1, 2 FORM SETS HAVING ESSENTIALLY THE SHAPE OF A SECTOR ANGLE OF LESS THAN 180* AND CONSTITUTING A SECTOR OF ADOUBLE-CONED POLYGONAL DISC HAVING A CROSS-SECTION TAPERING FROM THE CONE AXIS TOWARDS THE CIRCUMFERENCE AND IN WHICH EACH PACKAGE DEFINES, BY MEANS OF ONE OR TWO RELATIVELY PERPENDICULAR AND OPPOSED MARGINS PROVIDED WITH SEALING FINS 4, A CORRESPONDING PORTION OF THE SECTOR CIRCUMFERENCE MARGIN, WHILE BY MEANS OF THE OTHER ONE, TOGETHER WITH THE CORRESPONDING MARGINS OF THE REMAININ PACKAGES IN THE SET, IT ESSENTIALLY DEFINES THE SECTOR APEX MARGIN COINCIDING WITH THE CONE AXIS, AND THAT THE SETS WITH THEIR SECTOR CIRCIRCUMFERENE MARGINS CONTAINED IN PLANES THROUGH ONE CONTAINER AXIS HAVE THEIR SECTOR APEX MARGINS RESTING AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE SIDE WALL 2 OF THE CONTAINER IN ALTERNATINGLY ONE AND THE OTHER OF TWO CROSS-SECTIONAL PLANES PERPENDICULAR TO THE CONTAINER AXIS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 197 words
A COMPACT STACKING ASSEMBLY FOR A NUMBER OF TETRAHEDRAL PACKAGES 3, THE FOUR TRIANGULAR SIDES OF WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY CONGRUENT IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER, SAID PACKAGES BEING STACKED IN A CONTAINER 1, 2 HAVING A SIDE WALL 2 SURROUNDING A CENTRAL CONTAINER AXIS, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE PACKAGE 3 IN THE CONTAINER 1, 2 FORM SETS HAVING ESSENTIALLY THE SHAPE OF A SECTOR ANGLE OF LESS THAN 180* AND CONSTITUTING A SECTOR OF ADOUBLE-CONED POLYGONAL DISC HAVING A CROSS-SECTION TAPERING FROM THE CONE AXIS TOWARDS THE CIRCUMFERENCE AND IN WHICH EACH PACKAGE DEFINES, BY MEANS OF ONE OR TWO RELATIVELY PERPENDICULAR AND OPPOSED MARGINS PROVIDED WITH SEALING FINS 4, A CORRESPONDING PORTION OF THE SECTOR CIRCUMFERENCE MARGIN, WHILE BY MEANS OF THE OTHER ONE, TOGETHER WITH THE CORRESPONDING MARGINS OF THE REMAININ PACKAGES IN THE SET, IT ESSENTIALLY DEFINES THE SECTOR APEX MARGIN COINCIDING WITH THE CONE AXIS, AND THAT THE SETS WITH THEIR SECTOR CIRCIRCUMFERENE MARGINS CONTAINED IN PLANES THROUGH ONE CONTAINER AXIS HAVE THEIR SECTOR APEX MARGINS RESTING AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE SIDE WALL 2 OF THE CONTAINER IN ALTERNATINGLY ONE AND THE OTHER OF TWO CROSS-SECTIONAL PLANES PERPENDICULAR TO THE CONTAINER AXIS.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1969-12-26 1970-06-27 1970-12-27 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1973-12-26 1974-06-27 1974-12-27 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1977-12-26 1978-06-27 1978-12-27 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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