Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
165 words
A nestable double-walled container comprising an outer paper cup of frustoconical configuration having a plain uninterrupted sidewall with an outwardly rolled bead defining the top rim and having the bottom spaced above a lower rim, and a thin-walled thermoformed seamless plastic inner liner cup of frustoconical configuration the sidewall of which has (1) a top rim in the form of a bead snugly embracing said bead of said outer paper cup, (2) an inwardly opening circumferential lid-receiving groove spaced below said top rim with the outer periphery of said groove engaging the inner surface of said outer paper cup and thereby serving as a spacer between the upper sidewall portions of said outer cup and inner liner cup, and (3) stacking means integrally formed adjacent the bottom of said inner liner cup with at least portions of the bottom periphery of said inner liner cup engaging and resting in the continuous circumferential inner corner formed between said bottom and sidewall of said outer paper cup.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
165 words
A nestable double-walled container comprising an outer paper cup of frustoconical configuration having a plain uninterrupted sidewall with an outwardly rolled bead defining the top rim and having the bottom spaced above a lower rim, and a thin-walled thermoformed seamless plastic inner liner cup of frustoconical configuration the sidewall of which has (1) a top rim in the form of a bead snugly embracing said bead of said outer paper cup, (2) an inwardly opening circumferential lid-receiving groove spaced below said top rim with the outer periphery of said groove engaging the inner surface of said outer paper cup and thereby serving as a spacer between the upper sidewall portions of said outer cup and inner liner cup, and (3) stacking means integrally formed adjacent the bottom of said inner liner cup with at least portions of the bottom periphery of said inner liner cup engaging and resting in the continuous circumferential inner corner formed between said bottom and sidewall of said outer paper cup.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The nestable double-walled container of claim 1 wherein the the central portion of the bottom of said plastic inner liner cup is spaced above the bottom of said outer paper cup.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
The nestable double-walled container of claim 2 wherein the bottom of said plastic inner liner cup has an annular margin and a center button which engage the bottom of said outer paper cup and serve to separate said central portion of said inner liner cup bottom from the bottom of said outer paper cup.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
251 words
A nestable double-walled container comprising an outer paper cup of frustoconical configuration having a plain uninterrupted sidewall with an outwardly rolled bead defining the top rim and having the bottom spaced above a lower rim, and a thin-walled thermoformed seamless plastic inner liner cup of frustoconical configuration the sidewall of which has (1) a top rim in the form of a bead snugly embracing said bead of said outer paper cup, (2) an inwardly opening circumferential lid-receiving groove spaced below said top rim with the outer periphery of said groove engaging the inner surface of said outer paper cup and thereby serving as a spacer between the upper sidewall portions of said outer cup and inner liner cup, and (3) a series of circumferentially spaced stacking indentions integrally formed at the bottom of the inner liner cup with each indention being partly formed in said sidewall and partly in the liner bottom with the segments of the sidewall intermediate said indentations being flared outwardly from the straight sidewall and joining said liner bottom in circumferentially spaced arcuate corners which rest on and engage in the continuous circumferential inner corner formed between said bottom of said outer paper cup and the sidewall thereof, the upper ends of said stacking formations serving as stacking abutments for the bottom rim of said outer paper cup and, the main portion of the sidewall of said inner liner cup which extends below said groove being spaced from the surrounding sidewall portion of said outer paper cup.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
251 words
A nestable double-walled container comprising an outer paper cup of frustoconical configuration having a plain uninterrupted sidewall with an outwardly rolled bead defining the top rim and having the bottom spaced above a lower rim, and a thin-walled thermoformed seamless plastic inner liner cup of frustoconical configuration the sidewall of which has (1) a top rim in the form of a bead snugly embracing said bead of said outer paper cup, (2) an inwardly opening circumferential lid-receiving groove spaced below said top rim with the outer periphery of said groove engaging the inner surface of said outer paper cup and thereby serving as a spacer between the upper sidewall portions of said outer cup and inner liner cup, and (3) a series of circumferentially spaced stacking indentions integrally formed at the bottom of the inner liner cup with each indention being partly formed in said sidewall and partly in the liner bottom with the segments of the sidewall intermediate said indentations being flared outwardly from the straight sidewall and joining said liner bottom in circumferentially spaced arcuate corners which rest on and engage in the continuous circumferential inner corner formed between said bottom of said outer paper cup and the sidewall thereof, the upper ends of said stacking formations serving as stacking abutments for the bottom rim of said outer paper cup and, the main portion of the sidewall of said inner liner cup which extends below said groove being spaced from the surrounding sidewall portion of said outer paper cup.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The nestable double-walled container of claim 4 wherein said upper ends of said stacking formations are substantially horizontal.