Patents Assigned to Huhtamäki Oyj
  • Patent number: 10676249
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lid for closing a container, preferably a cup, the lid being made from a paper- or a cardboard-material, wherein the lid comprises a topwall which covers the opening of the container and a sidewall directed at an angle relative to the topwall, wherein one end of the sidewall can engage sealingly with the top end of the container. The present invention further relates to a set comprising a lid and a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HUHTAMÄKI OYJ
    Inventors: Matt Powell, Christina Robinson-Meech, Peter Coote
  • Patent number: 10626271
    Abstract: An essentially biobased and optionally biodegradable, thermoformable composition containing a) as thermoformable resin at least one poly-L-lactide with less than 1 mol % of D-lactoyl units (PLLA) or at least one poly-L-lactide with 1-5 mol % of D-lactoyl units (PLA) and b) a nucleating combination of ?) 1 to 10% Wt. of at least one poly-D-lactide with less than 1 mol % of L-lactoyl-units (PDLA) or of 0.5 to 5% Wt. of PLLA/PDLA or PLA/PDLA stereocomplex crystallites, ?) 0.1 to 25% Wt. of an inorganic nucleating agent, and ?) 0.1 to 30% Wt. of at least an inorganic filler with lamellar structure, and thermoformed, essentially biobased and optionally biodegradable containers formed of the inventive compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: HUHTAMÄKI OYJ, PURAC BIOCHEM B.V.
    Inventors: Aad Hoekstra, Gerald G. J. Schennink, Sicco De Vos
  • Patent number: 10294008
    Abstract: A cup having a bottom and a sidewall attached to the bottom, wherein the sidewall preferably comprises a rolled rim at its upper edge opposite to the bottom, wherein the sidewall comprises a single layer or a plurality of layers, wherein at least one of the layers is produced from a paper or carton material, wherein at least one shaping is shaped into at least one of the layers of the sidewall, wherein the shaping is at least partially ring-shaped, wherein the shaping extends at least partially over the perimeter of the sidewall, wherein the shaping is inwardly or outwardly directed, wherein the shaping is compressed in height such that an edge of the shaping touches an opposite segment of the shaping and/or that both edges of the shaping touch each other and are joined together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: HUHTAMÄKI OYJ
    Inventor: Neil Marshall
  • Patent number: 9914583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (11) comprising a container (2) for liquid, particularly a cup and an insert (3) inside the container. The present invention further relates to a method to fix an insert to a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: HUHTAMÄKI OYJ
    Inventor: Neil Marshall
  • Patent number: 9539786
    Abstract: A container having a bottom and a cylindrical or conical sidewall attached to the bottom, wherein the sidewall preferably comprises a rolled rim at its upper edge opposite to the bottom and is produced from a paper- or carton material, wherein at least a first shaping is provided into the sidewall in a first height, and wherein the shaping extends at least partially over the perimeter of the sidewall. A process for the production of a container with a bottom and a conical or cylindrical sidewall is also provided, wherein the bottom and the sidewall are made from a paper- or cardboard-material and a first circumferential shaping is inserted into the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: HUHTAMÄKI OYJ
    Inventor: Neil Marshall
  • Publication number: 20150076151
    Abstract: Beverage container lid with a container side and a consumer side, wherein the lid has a fastening portion running about a lid axis in a circumferential direction, which fastening portion defines a reference plane, wherein the lid has a drinking opening, wherein the lid has a lid face inclined with respect to the reference plane in such a way that, at least in a diametric strip, which contains the drinking opening, of the lid face, a nose tip receiving region of the lid face diametrically opposing the drinking opening is set back axially with respect to the drinking opening in the direction of the container side, the drinking opening and a tab being dimensioned and arranged in such a way that the nose tip region, even when the drinking opening is opened in accordance with intended use, remains uncovered by the tab on the consumer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Huhtamäki Oyj
    Inventor: Stephen Knipe
  • Publication number: 20150047510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (11) comprising a container (2) for liquid, particularly a cup and an insert (3) inside the container. The present invention further relates to a method to fix an insert to a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: HUHTAMÄKI OYJ
    Inventor: Neil Marshall
  • Publication number: 20140038803
    Abstract: Process for the production of a sidewall-segment (1) of a container (2) with a shaping (3), wherein the shaping (3) is inserted prior to forming the sidewall-segment into a sidewall of a container and extends around the entire circumference of the container (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Huhtamäki Oyj
    Inventor: Neil Roderick Marshall
  • Patent number: D842088
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: HUHTAMÄKI OYJ
    Inventors: Aad Hoekstra, Stephen Knipe