(19)
(11) EP 4 375 215 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.10.2024 Bulletin 2024/40

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.05.2024 Bulletin 2024/22

(21) Application number: 24170266.1

(22) Date of filing: 21.10.2020
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65D 85/816(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
B65D 85/816
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 21.10.2019 US 201962923844 P

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
20800242.8 / 4048609

(71) Applicant: Luigi Lavazza S.p.A.
10152 Torino (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Wicks, David
    Chineham, Basingstoke Hampshire, RG24 8XQ (GB)
  • Nicholls, Darren
    Hook Hampshire, RG27 9RQ (GB)
  • Fletcher, Paul
    Camberley, GU15 3QG (GB)
  • Palmer, Jason
    London, SW1E 5DN (GB)
  • Litten, Neil
    London, SW1E 5DN (GB)
  • McCoy, Tony
    Devon, TQ9 7RP (GB)

(74) Representative: Thum, Bernhard 
Thum & Partner Thum Mötsch Weickert Patentanwälte PartG mbB Siebertstr. 6
81675 München
81675 München (DE)

   


(54) CUP, STACK OF CUPS, AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME


(57) A cup, a stack of cups, and a method of forming the same. Each of the cups includes a cup body and an insert. The cup body has a cavity defined by a sidewall and a floor. The insert is positioned within the cavity of the cup body and has a top edge that is spaced from the floor of the cup body. The cup body and the insert are formed from a paper-based material. A powder ingredient is located in the cavity of each of the cups. The plurality of cups are arranged in a stack so that a portion of each of the plurality of cups nests within the cavity of an immediate lower cup in the stack and a bottom end of each of the plurality of cups rests atop of the top edge of the insert positioned in the cavity of the immediate lower cup.







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