Container With In-Molded Exposed Panel
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1. A container comprising:
- a skeleton of a molded plastic; and
a pre-formed panel structure in-molded with and carried by the skeleton, the panel structure having one or more inner surfaces, outer surfaces, and perimeter edges and forming, together with the skeleton, a container base havinga base bottom,a base side wall extending up from and circumferentially around a perimeter of the base bottom and terminating at an upper end, anda top opening at the upper end into an interior of the container base,wherein a portion of the base side wall is formed in part by the skeleton and in part by at least a wall section of the panel structure joined to the skeleton, and wherein side wall portions of both the inner and outer surfaces of the panel structure are exposed and not covered by the skeleton.
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Abstract
A container has a base bottom and a base side wall extending up from and circumferentially around a perimeter of the base bottom. The base side wall terminates at an upper end with a top opening at the upper end into an interior of the container. The base side wall is formed in part by a molded plastic skeleton and in part by at least a wall section of a pre-formed panel structure in-molded with and carried by the skeleton. The wall section is joined to the skeleton along perimeter edges of the panel structure. Portions of both an inner surface and an outer surface of the wall section are exposed and not covered by the skeleton.
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1. A container comprising:
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a skeleton of a molded plastic; and a pre-formed panel structure in-molded with and carried by the skeleton, the panel structure having one or more inner surfaces, outer surfaces, and perimeter edges and forming, together with the skeleton, a container base having a base bottom, a base side wall extending up from and circumferentially around a perimeter of the base bottom and terminating at an upper end, and a top opening at the upper end into an interior of the container base, wherein a portion of the base side wall is formed in part by the skeleton and in part by at least a wall section of the panel structure joined to the skeleton, and wherein side wall portions of both the inner and outer surfaces of the panel structure are exposed and not covered by the skeleton. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A container comprising:
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a base bottom; a base side wall extending up from and circumferentially around a perimeter of the base bottom, the base side wall terminating at an upper end; and a top opening at the upper end into an interior of the container, wherein the base side wall is formed in part by a molded plastic skeleton and in part by at least a wall section of a pre -formed panel structure in-molded with and carried by the skeleton, wherein the wall section is joined to the skeleton along perimeter edges of the panel structure and such that portions of both an inner surface and an outer surface of the wall section are exposed and not covered by the skeleton.
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