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US2652971A
US2652971A US171804A US17180450A US2652971A US 2652971 A US2652971 A US 2652971A US 171804 A US171804 A US 171804A US 17180450 A US17180450 A US 17180450A US 2652971 A US2652971 A US 2652971A
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  • This invention relates to a disposable drinking cup and it is one objectief the. invention to provide a cup which is formed of paper, cardboard, or the like, the bottom and the. walls of the cup being covered with thin metal foil which serves to water proof the material trom which. the. cup is formed and also prevent the flavor of liquid poured into the cup from being impaired.
  • Another objectief lthe invention vis to provide a paper cup which has a body or annular wall formed from a paper blank having one surface covered with metal foil except rone end portion, lthereby allowing the bare end portion of the paper sheet to be adheringly secured in overlapping engagement with the other end portion of the sheet and firmly hold the ends of the blank together and form an annular wall for the cup.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide the cup with a handle so mounted that it may be disposed in a flattened position when the cup is made and drawn outwardly to an extended position when the cup is to be lled and held in a persons hand.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a disposable paper cup which is simple in construction and may be manufactured at low cost.
  • Fig. 1 is a view of the blank from which the paper portion or annular wall of the cup is formed.
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken vertically through the cup.
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken transversely through the cup.
  • This improved cup has a body or annular wall l and a bottom 2.
  • the body tapers towards its lower end so that the bottom ts tightly in the lower portion of the body, and upon referring to Figure 2 it will be seen that the bottom has its marginal portion bent downwardly to form a depending ange 3.
  • This fiange has close iitting contacting engagement with the annular wall or body and the lower end portion of the body is bent inwardly :and upwardly to form a ange or circumferentially extending lip 4 which overlaps the ange 3 and bears against the under surface of the bottom 2 and supports the bottom as well as forming a water tight point between the bottom and the annular wall l.
  • the annular wall or body is formed from the blank 5 shown in Figure 1.
  • This blank may be formed of paper, cardboard, or other suitable material, and is arcuate longitudinally and its end edges are cut diagonally so that they extend downwardly in converging relation to each other; Therefore when oney end portion of the blankV is secured in overlapping engagement to VtheA other end portion of the blank the body or annular wall formed thereby will taper towards its lower endl.
  • the suracefof theA blank or sheet 5 which is presented upwardly in Figurel and forms the inner surface of the body i has appliedv toit a covering 5 formed of metal foil whichl is preferably glued to the paper sheet.
  • This covering or lining extends the full distance betweenupper and lower edges of the blank and has one end overlapping the edge of the corresponding end of the sheet, as shown at 6' in Figure 3, and its other end disposed in inwardly spaced relation to the corresponding end of the sheet. Therefore one end portion 5 of the paper sheet is bare and this end portion may be very tightly glued in face to face engagement with the end portion of the outer surface of the paper sheet which it overlaps.
  • Figure 3 referring to this figure it will be seen that the portion 6 of the metal foil forms a water tight seal and very effectively prevents hot or cold liquid poured into the cup from flowing or seeping through a crevice between the overlapped endv portions of the sheet forming the body or annular wall.
  • the paper disk forming the bottom has its upper surface covered with a sheet of metal foil 'l and as its marginal portions which are turned downwardly with the portion of the bottom forming the flange 3 has face to face contacting engagement with the metal foil lining for the annular wall or body l a water tight seal is formed between the bottom and the wall.
  • the upper edge portion of the wall or body is rolled outwardly and downwardly to form a bead or rolled lip 8 providing a smooth marginal edge for the cup.
  • a handle 9 which is formed from a strip of paper of an even width throughout its length except at its ends which are enlarged to form heads I0.
  • the heads are triangular with their wide ends disposed at their junction with the main portion of the handle-forming strip, thus forming shoulders Il at opposite sides of the inner ends of the heads.
  • a slit I2 is formed in the bare end portion 5 of the blank from which the body is formed. This slit is substantially U-shaped and has arms I3 at its upper and lower ends which extend transversely of the bare end portion of the blank and together with the longitudinally extending portion of the slit form a tongue I4 under which the handle-forming strip is tted.
  • the handle extends vertically with its end portions projecting from upper and lower ends of the tongue I4 and is initially disposed in the attened condition shown in Figure 1.
  • the portion of the handle-forming strip exposed outwardly of the cup is grasped and pull exerted until the heads stop its outward movement, thus forming a semi-circular handle, as shown in Figure 2, the handle being of such size that it may be readily grasped and the cup held in a persons hand.
  • a disposable drinking cup comprising an annular wall consisting of a sheet of paper having one end portion overlapping the outer surface of end portion of wall-forming sheets and transversely overlapped for its full width by said tongue and having end portions extending beyond upper and lower ends of said tongue into space between the said end portions of the sheet and terminating in widened ends constituting heads having base portions projecting from opposite side edges of the strip under the said overlapping end of said sheet for engaging upper and lower ends of said tongue and holding the strip in engagement with the wall, said strip being slidable longitudinally through the laterally extending end portions of the slit whereby the intermediate portion of the strip may be drawn outwardly and form an outstanding U-shaped handle anchored y at its ends by the heads of the strip.
  • the overlapping end portion of the sheet being adheringly secured :dat against the confronting surface of the overlapped end portion of the sheet, a bottom for the cup having marginal portions secured to lower portions of the annular wall, the overlapping end portion of said sheet being formed with a vertically extending slit and transverse slits extending from upper and lower ends of the vertical slit and together therewith forming a tongue free along one side edge and across upper and lower ends and along its other side being integral with the said overlapping end portion of the said sheet, and an initially flat strip extending vertically along the outer surface of the overlapping JACK K. MCFARLAND. WILMER C. NEISS.

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Sept 22, 1953 J. K. MCFARLAND ETAL 2,652,971
DISPOSABLE DRINKING CUP Filed July 3, 1950 Jack K McFarland Wilmer 62 Ne/'ss Enventors Patented Sept. 22, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPOSBIZE DRINKING CUP JackKMcEatland and Wilmer C. Neiss, Billings, Mont.
Application July 3, 1950, Serial No. 171,804
(Cl..'Z29;-5)
1 Claim. 1
This invention relates to a disposable drinking cup and it is one objectief the. invention to provide a cup which is formed of paper, cardboard, or the like, the bottom and the. walls of the cup being covered with thin metal foil which serves to water proof the material trom which. the. cup is formed and also prevent the flavor of liquid poured into the cup from being impaired.
Another objectief lthe invention vis to provide a paper cup which has a body or annular wall formed from a paper blank having one surface covered with metal foil except rone end portion, lthereby allowing the bare end portion of the paper sheet to be adheringly secured in overlapping engagement with the other end portion of the sheet and firmly hold the ends of the blank together and form an annular wall for the cup.
Another object of the invention is to provide the cup with a handle so mounted that it may be disposed in a flattened position when the cup is made and drawn outwardly to an extended position when the cup is to be lled and held in a persons hand.
Another object of the invention is to provide a disposable paper cup which is simple in construction and may be manufactured at low cost.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:
Fig. 1 is a view of the blank from which the paper portion or annular wall of the cup is formed.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken vertically through the cup.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken transversely through the cup.
This improved cup has a body or annular wall l and a bottom 2. The body tapers towards its lower end so that the bottom ts tightly in the lower portion of the body, and upon referring to Figure 2 it will be seen that the bottom has its marginal portion bent downwardly to form a depending ange 3. This fiange has close iitting contacting engagement with the annular wall or body and the lower end portion of the body is bent inwardly :and upwardly to form a ange or circumferentially extending lip 4 which overlaps the ange 3 and bears against the under surface of the bottom 2 and supports the bottom as well as forming a water tight point between the bottom and the annular wall l.
The annular wall or body is formed from the blank 5 shown in Figure 1. This blank may be formed of paper, cardboard, or other suitable material, and is arcuate longitudinally and its end edges are cut diagonally so that they extend downwardly in converging relation to each other; Therefore when oney end portion of the blankV is secured in overlapping engagement to VtheA other end portion of the blank the body or annular wall formed thereby will taper towards its lower endl. The suracefof theA blank or sheet 5 which is presented upwardly in Figurel and forms the inner surface of the body i has appliedv toit a covering 5 formed of metal foil whichl is preferably glued to the paper sheet. This covering or lining extends the full distance betweenupper and lower edges of the blank and has one end overlapping the edge of the corresponding end of the sheet, as shown at 6' in Figure 3, and its other end disposed in inwardly spaced relation to the corresponding end of the sheet. Therefore one end portion 5 of the paper sheet is bare and this end portion may be very tightly glued in face to face engagement with the end portion of the outer surface of the paper sheet which it overlaps. This is clearly shown in Figure 3, and referring to this figure it will be seen that the portion 6 of the metal foil forms a water tight seal and very effectively prevents hot or cold liquid poured into the cup from flowing or seeping through a crevice between the overlapped endv portions of the sheet forming the body or annular wall. The paper disk forming the bottom has its upper surface covered with a sheet of metal foil 'l and as its marginal portions which are turned downwardly with the portion of the bottom forming the flange 3 has face to face contacting engagement with the metal foil lining for the annular wall or body l a water tight seal is formed between the bottom and the wall. The upper edge portion of the wall or body is rolled outwardly and downwardly to form a bead or rolled lip 8 providing a smooth marginal edge for the cup.
In order that the cup may be held while it is being used there has been provided a handle 9 which is formed from a strip of paper of an even width throughout its length except at its ends which are enlarged to form heads I0. The heads are triangular with their wide ends disposed at their junction with the main portion of the handle-forming strip, thus forming shoulders Il at opposite sides of the inner ends of the heads. A slit I2 is formed in the bare end portion 5 of the blank from which the body is formed. This slit is substantially U-shaped and has arms I3 at its upper and lower ends which extend transversely of the bare end portion of the blank and together with the longitudinally extending portion of the slit form a tongue I4 under which the handle-forming strip is tted. The handle extends vertically with its end portions projecting from upper and lower ends of the tongue I4 and is initially disposed in the attened condition shown in Figure 1. When the cup is to be used the portion of the handle-forming strip exposed outwardly of the cup is grasped and pull exerted until the heads stop its outward movement, thus forming a semi-circular handle, as shown in Figure 2, the handle being of such size that it may be readily grasped and the cup held in a persons hand.
Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:
A disposable drinking cup comprising an annular wall consisting of a sheet of paper having one end portion overlapping the outer surface of end portion of wall-forming sheets and transversely overlapped for its full width by said tongue and having end portions extending beyond upper and lower ends of said tongue into space between the said end portions of the sheet and terminating in widened ends constituting heads having base portions projecting from opposite side edges of the strip under the said overlapping end of said sheet for engaging upper and lower ends of said tongue and holding the strip in engagement with the wall, said strip being slidable longitudinally through the laterally extending end portions of the slit whereby the intermediate portion of the strip may be drawn outwardly and form an outstanding U-shaped handle anchored y at its ends by the heads of the strip.
the other end portion of the sheet, the overlapping end portion of the sheet being adheringly secured :dat against the confronting surface of the overlapped end portion of the sheet, a bottom for the cup having marginal portions secured to lower portions of the annular wall, the overlapping end portion of said sheet being formed with a vertically extending slit and transverse slits extending from upper and lower ends of the vertical slit and together therewith forming a tongue free along one side edge and across upper and lower ends and along its other side being integral with the said overlapping end portion of the said sheet, and an initially flat strip extending vertically along the outer surface of the overlapping JACK K. MCFARLAND. WILMER C. NEISS.
References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,153,136 Rosenfeld Sept. 7, 1915 2,306,168 Jopson Dec. 22, 1942 2,416,813 Barbieri Mar. 4, 1947 2,454,906 Amberg Nov. 30, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 17,304/34 Australia Mar. 2l, 1935 24,342/35 Australia Sept. 7, 1935
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US2834533A (en) * 1954-03-08 1958-05-13 American Can Co Paper cup with removable handle
US2842301A (en) * 1955-08-02 1958-07-08 Marcel O Albert Container
US2853222A (en) * 1953-04-20 1958-09-23 John P Gallagher Insulated foil lined paper cup
US2866591A (en) * 1955-10-31 1958-12-30 Equitable Paper Bag Co Paper bag with locking means through slits
US2868436A (en) * 1956-04-30 1959-01-13 Equitable Paper Bag Co Paper bag with locking element having concealed ends
US2891713A (en) * 1954-10-06 1959-06-23 Safe Pack Container Co Container
US2917215A (en) * 1956-03-15 1959-12-15 Leon A Psaty Article of manufacture
US3157338A (en) * 1962-05-29 1964-11-17 American Can Co Container and method of making the same
US3185383A (en) * 1962-07-31 1965-05-25 Anaconda Aluminum Co Bailing means for multiwall container
US6165115A (en) * 1996-08-22 2000-12-26 Sonoco Development, Inc. Process for closing and hermetically sealing a bottom of a container
US6202921B1 (en) * 1999-11-29 2001-03-20 Chin Chen Chen Cup with an improved holder
US11124351B2 (en) 2018-04-24 2021-09-21 Alan Leung Insulated disposable paper-based cups, lids and containers

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AU2434235A (en) * 1935-09-07 1936-09-07 Royle James Improvements in and relating to cardboard and like boxes
US2306168A (en) * 1940-12-16 1942-12-22 C A Reed Company Paper cup
US2416813A (en) * 1941-05-05 1947-03-04 Dixle Cup Company Container
US2454906A (en) * 1945-11-19 1948-11-30 Lily Tulip Cup Corp Paper cup and handle therefor

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US2853222A (en) * 1953-04-20 1958-09-23 John P Gallagher Insulated foil lined paper cup
US2834533A (en) * 1954-03-08 1958-05-13 American Can Co Paper cup with removable handle
US2891713A (en) * 1954-10-06 1959-06-23 Safe Pack Container Co Container
US2842301A (en) * 1955-08-02 1958-07-08 Marcel O Albert Container
US2866591A (en) * 1955-10-31 1958-12-30 Equitable Paper Bag Co Paper bag with locking means through slits
US2917215A (en) * 1956-03-15 1959-12-15 Leon A Psaty Article of manufacture
US2868436A (en) * 1956-04-30 1959-01-13 Equitable Paper Bag Co Paper bag with locking element having concealed ends
US3157338A (en) * 1962-05-29 1964-11-17 American Can Co Container and method of making the same
US3185383A (en) * 1962-07-31 1965-05-25 Anaconda Aluminum Co Bailing means for multiwall container
US6165115A (en) * 1996-08-22 2000-12-26 Sonoco Development, Inc. Process for closing and hermetically sealing a bottom of a container
US6202921B1 (en) * 1999-11-29 2001-03-20 Chin Chen Chen Cup with an improved holder
US11124351B2 (en) 2018-04-24 2021-09-21 Alan Leung Insulated disposable paper-based cups, lids and containers

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