Foldable cardboard cup

• US 4,792,086 A
• Filed: 08/31/1987
• Issued: 12/20/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gwo-Cherng Chen
• Original Assignee: Gwo-Cherng Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Gwo-Cherng
• Primary Examiner(s): Marcus, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Elkins, Gary E.
• Application Number:
  US07/090,882
• Time in Patent Office: 477 Days
• Field of Search: 229/41 R, 229/41 B, 229/1.5 B, 229/104, 229/117
• US Class Current: 229/117
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/20 of flexible material; Collapsible or stackable cups
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 3/06 essentially conical or frusto-conical
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/36 specially constructed to allow collapsing and re-erecting without disengagement of side or bottom connections

Abstract

This invention provides a foldable cardboard cup, especially one which comprises a conical wall having two symmetrical angular parts tapering to the bottom so that it can be folded into a rectangular piece, and a base having two symmetrical angular parts to facilitate the folding of the angular parts of the conical wall, and two inverted V-shaped parts formed from the apex of the conical base so that after being unfolded, the cup can stand in a fixed form without fear of returning to its original (folded) form when in use.

Claims

1. A foldable cardboard cup comprising:

a wall having a top edge folded into a projecting rim, a bottom formed into a groove, two wall folding means for providing a flattened rectangular shape when the wall is folded and for providing a conical wall when the wall is unfolded, and notch means for preventing fracture of the wall when the wall is folded and for use as a mouth when the wall is unfolded, the two wall folding means having wall folding lines for providing a foldable wall portion, the foldable wall portion being tapered and extending from a wider portion at the top edge of the wall to a more narrow portion at the bottom of the wall, the two notch means being respectively arranged along the top edge of the wall at each of the two wall folding means, and

a base having an edge fitted in the groove of the wall, the base having base folding means for providing a flattened base when the base is folded and for provided a conical base when the base is unfolded, the base folding means including two angular parts to facilitate folding of the wall foldable portion and folding lines capable of forming two inverted V-shaped parts when the base is folded,

the base folding means cooperating with the wall folding means to provide a flatten rectangular shape when the wall and base are folded and to provide a conical cup when the wall and base are unfolded.