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Nestable Container With Uniform Stacking Features

  • US 20140191024A1
  • Filed: 03/12/2014
  • Published: 07/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A nestable paperboard container, comprising:

  • a base;

    a sidewall attached to the base at a perimeter of the base;

    a flange extending outwardly from an upper perimeter of the sidewall, wherein the flange comprises a top portion having an underside and a rolled portion that is rolled under the top portion,the rolled portion having an edge that is located adjacent the underside of the top portion,the rolled portion forming a curved outer peripheral edge of the flange shaped to define a cam for aiding the denesting of the paperboard container from like paperboard containers in a nested stack of paperboard containers; and

    an annular depression formed in the top portion of the flange defining an annular bulge in the underside of the top portion of the flange;

    wherein an inner surface of the rolled portion contacts an under-surface of the annular bulge.

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