| US 7,484,344 B2 | ||
| Compartment plates having themes and method for manufacturing and packaging the same | ||
| David C. Schiltz, Columbus, Ohio (US); Christina M. Tranfaglia, Glenview, Ill. (US); Jeffrey L. Roberts, Round Lake Park, Ill. (US); Edward J. Seeberger, Dublin, Ohio (US); and Brad W. Dickason, Hilliard, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to Pactiv Corporation, Lake Forrest, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 02, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/497,966. | ||
| Application 11/497966 is a division of application No. 10/251705, filed on Sep. 19, 2002, granted, now 7,104,030. | ||
| Application 10/251705 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/141202, filed on May 01, 2001, granted, now D468589. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0283754 A1, Dec. 21, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 1/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 53—168 [53/411] | 34 Claims |
| 1. A case of plate packages, comprising:
a plurality of plate packages, each plate package including a plurality of nestable plates and a transparent wrapping for
enveloping said plurality of nestable plates,
plates within said plurality of nestable plates of the plurality of plate packages including different depictions associated
with a common theme,
a subset of plates defined within said plurality of nestable plates of the plurality of plate packages having a first series
of depictions, wherein at least a number of the plurality of plate packages each include the subset of plates having the first
series of depictions,
said plurality of nestable plates of each plate package including a top plate that is at least partially visualized through
said transparent wrapping, said plurality of plate packages including the subset of plates having top plates with different
depictions; and
a covering structure surrounding said plurality of plate packages.
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