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Package of uniformly shaped chip-type snack food products

CA 1046022 A · Owner: General Mills · Inventors: Brastad, William A.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

Snack chips of uniform shape and size are nested one within another in closely fitting relationship preferably, in the form of a circular or loop array. The nested chips are vertically supported on edge and placed within a preformed container. The container has a lower member which conforms to the shape of the lower edge portion of the nested chips. The container further includes an upper member which conforms to the shape of the upper edge portion of the nested chips.

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  • Granted January 9, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 9, 1996.
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Filed—
GrantedJanuary 9, 1979
Term endedJanuary 9, 1996
Patent numberCA 1046022 A
Classification (IPC)B65D85/30

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedJan 9, 1979Term endedJan 9, 1996

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