Christen A Bear

7086545, Aug 8, 2006

Jul 16, 2003

10/622005

Jeffrey T. Mannion - South Burlington VT, US
Christen A. Bear - Chicago IL, US
John N. Williams - Boston MA, US
Sue A. Williams - Gloucester MA, US

Ajava Pinata, L.L.C. - South Burlington VT

A47F 5/00
B65D 45/32

2111811, 211183, 211113, 220319, 2202572

A support for a predetermined container having a rim e. g. at its top opening, the support comprising a lid or a supporting ring, constructed to interfit e. g. with the rim of the container, wherein there is a suspender, formed with the lid or supporting ring and deflectable from an as-formed position to an upstanding position in which it is capable of carrying weight of the container. In most cases suspenders extend inwardly of a rim of the lid or supporting ring. Free-ended flexible finger suspenders of synthetic resin, are shown, formed integrally with the lid or supporting ring as a molded unit. The lids or rings are associated with closure surfaces, such as closure portions molded with the lid or ring, closure inserts, or closure films or foils on the container itself. The suspenders are useful to the consumer in enabling improved carrying of the merchandise with other items or in intertwined fusion with the like items, and to the storekeeper in suspending merchandise. Combinations of the lids or supporting rings with containers containing prepackaged food, tennis balls and other contents, are displayed by storekeepers from hooks and racks, in many cases hanging at a substantial tilt angle for better visibility and utilization of stocking space.

20020121456, Sep 5, 2002

Jan 16, 2002

10/052210

Jeffrey Mannion - South Burlington VT, US
Christen Bear - Chicago IL, US
John Williams - Boston MA, US
Sue Williams - Boston MA, US

B65D025/10

206/806000, 220/751000

A disposable package for consumable contents includes a container having a surrounding wall of upstanding, generally flexible material extending from a container bottom to a wide mouth defined by a rim formation of greater relative thickness than said surrounding wall, said mouth being of greater than two inch minimum horizontal dimension and being about as wide as the horizontal cross-section of a top of the container. The disposable package further includes a removable lid at least partially closing the mouth, the lid having a rim portion extending over and removably engaged with the rim formation to form at least part of an attachment of the lid to the container, the attachment being constructed to support the container and its contents when suspended by the lid, and a flexible suspending element extending from the lid and arranged to be engaged by a thin support element, the suspending element being sized and arranged, with a length less than about 5 inches, such that when engaged by said support element, the suspending element suspends the container by its lid in a position below the support, for at least one of display and transport. In some embodiments, a single suspending element extends from a rim region of the container, the element being located to suspend the package at a tilted orientation, such that the lid of the container, so suspended, extends at a greater angle to horizontal than does the lid of the container when rested upon said bottom. Also, a display rack is provided for displaying such disposable packages.

D469020, Jan 21, 2003

Jan 16, 2001

29/135698

Jeffrey T. Mannion - South Burlington VT
Christen A. Bear - Chicago IL

Ajava Pinata LLC - South Burlington VT

0903

D 9549, D9337