Owner Mars, Incorporated

Inventors Dido, Jeannette; Whitmore, Shana; Wilcocks, Neil A; Chisholm, Gary N; Decelles, Stuart

Agent Watermark

Pub. Number AU-B-2002353909

PCT Number PCT/US02/34589

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/039201

Priority 10/037,424 29.10.01 US; 10/190,210 03.07.02 US

Filing date 29 October 2002

Wipo publication date 12 May 2003

Acceptance publication date 21 February 2008

B65D 81/34 (2006.01) Containers, packaging elements, or packages, of special types or forms or specially adapted for organisms, articles, or materials presenting particular transport, storage, or dispensing problems - for packaging foodstuffs intended to be cooked or heated within the package

B65D 5/02 (2006.01) Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons, trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper - by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body

B65D 5/54 (2006.01) Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons, trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper - Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing

B65D 65/28 (2006.01) Wrappers or flexible covers

B65D 77/02 (2006.01) Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks, bags

B65D 81/38 (2006.01) Containers, packaging elements, or packages, of special types or forms or specially adapted for organisms, articles, or materials presenting particular transport, storage, or dispensing problems - with thermal insulation