US Patent Issued to GENPAK DIVISION OF GREAT PACIFIC ENTERPRISES on Feb. 3 for "Pleated portion cup and lid" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,002, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to GENPAK DIVISION OF GREAT PACIFIC ENTERPRISES LP (Mississauga, Canada).

"Pleated portion cup and lid" was invented by Jean-Guy Perrault (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pleated paper container for holding a food product or non-food product, comprising a base, side walls, a rim, and a stopper step disposed at the side walls proximate to the rim, wherein the stopper step is configured to receive and frictionally engage a fibre lid in a covered position, thereby closing an opening of the container and enclosing the product."

The patent was filed on May 3, 2022, under Application...