Liming C Cai

US Patent:

6343735, Feb 5, 2002

Filed:

May 4, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/565078

Inventors:

Liming Cai - West Chester PA

Assignee:

Dopaco, Inc. - Exton PA

International Classification:

B65D 322

US Classification:

22911723, 229402, 229403

Abstract:

An improved sleeve for insulating a users hand from a hot beverage cup is disclosed that includes first and second wing portions extending outwardly from the container side wall and spaced apart therefrom by spacer elements to form air gaps between the wing portion and the cup. A blank for forming the subject sleeve is also disclosed.

US Patent:

6471119, Oct 29, 2002

Filed:

Mar 1, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/795136

Inventors:

Liming Cai - West Chester PA

Assignee:

Dopaco, Inc. - Exton PA

International Classification:

B65P 536

US Classification:

229116, 22912012, 22912013, 22912018, 229405, 229906

Abstract:

A collapsible, conical food scoop formed from a unitary blank of flexible material is disclosed which includes a first, food compartment and a second, condiment compartment. The condiment compartment is formed from a panel of material connected between first and second locations on the interior wall of the first compartment, and shifts between a first position overlaying the interior side wall of the food scoop when the scoop is collapsed and a second position spaced apart from the interior side wall for holding a condiment when the scoop is opened for use.

US Patent:

6543679, Apr 8, 2003

Filed:

Jun 28, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/892653

Inventors:

Liming Cai - West Chester PA
Larry Eisman - Elkins Park PA

Assignee:

Dopaco, Inc. - Exton PA

International Classification:

B65D 54805

US Classification:

22912006, 22912018, 22912035, 2291602, 229904, 229906

Abstract:

A food tray for holding food and a condiment is formed from a unitary paperboard blank. The food tray has a food compartment and a condiment compartment, and the condiment compartment is deployable from a stowed position overlaying one or more sidewalls of the food compartment to a deployed position for holding condiments. Multiple trays can be stacked in a nested fashion when the condiment compartment is stowed.

US Patent:

6561414, May 13, 2003

Filed:

Feb 8, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/067942

Inventors:

Liming Cai - West Chester PA

Assignee:

Dopaco, Inc. - Exton PA

International Classification:

B65D 328

US Classification:

229400, 229 45, 229104, 294 55

Abstract:

A food scoop of a generally upwardly tapering truncated configuration having a lower portion of rectangular cross section and an upper portion of circular cross section with a bottom in edge contact with the peripheral wall of the scoop completely thereabout and with opposed combined glue and sealing flaps integral with the bottom and bonded to opposed sides of the scoop wall and with the surface of the bottom devoid of fold lines, score lines or perforations.

US Patent:

6588652, Jul 8, 2003

Filed:

Jan 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/058829

Inventors:

Liming Cai - West Chester PA

Assignee:

Dopaco, Inc. - Exton PA

International Classification:

B65D 536

US Classification:

22911707, 22912006, 22912012, 22912018, 2291602, 229902

Abstract:

A foldable food tray with an integrally formed condiment pocket coextensive with one wall of the tray and defined by a movable partition panel pivotal between a first closed position for foldable collapsing of the pocket with the tray, and a second open position engaged between opposed tray walls to define the pocket and preclude an inward folding of the pocket and tray.

US Patent:

7182242, Feb 27, 2007

Filed:

Dec 23, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/742913

Inventors:

Liming Cai - West Chester PA, US

Assignee:

Dopaco, Inc. - Exton PA

International Classification:

B65D 3/24
B65D 25/20

US Classification:

229400, 220503, 220523, 220705, 220709, 220710, 220729, 229906, 206217

Abstract:

A food container includes an upper portion having a generally frusto-conicle upwardly tapered food containing portion which is adapted to be superimposed on a cover of a beverage container with the cover serving as a base. The food container also includes an integral lower portion for encircling a beverage container below its cover and wherein the upper portion includes a cover engaging portion which extends over only a portion of the cover.

US Patent:

7631800, Dec 15, 2009

Filed:

Nov 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/987429

Inventors:

Liming Cai - West Chester PA, US
Deanna Dixon Sievers - Coconut Grove FL, US

Assignee:

Dopaco, Inc. - Exton PA

International Classification:

B65D 25/04

US Classification:

22912018, 229114, 22912021, 229904

Abstract:

A clamshell container and sauce holder for receiving a sauce container is constructed from a one-piece carton blank cut and scored to facilitate erection into a clamshell container with top and bottom portions hingedly connected along a common fold line. A bottom portion of the container includes an upper flat section extending inwardly from a bottom side wall, an integral support and a base member including a tuck flap for positioning the upper flat section. In addition, an opening is defined in the upper flat section for holding a sauce container.

US Patent:

7753224, Jul 13, 2010

Filed:

Aug 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/513327

Inventors:

Liming Cai - West Chester PA, US

Assignee:

DOPACO, Inc. - Exton PA

International Classification:

B65D 41/56
B65D 51/00
B65D 43/12
B65D 43/20
B65D 41/16

US Classification:

2202549, 220212, 2203451, 220715, 220780

Abstract:

A cup lid having a top panel with an upwardly projecting rim peripherally thereabout, a recessed channel in the top panel extends from a central area thereof to the rim, the channel having a bottom with a sipping opening defined therethrough adjacent the rim, a closure member selectively receivable in said channel for movement between open and closed positions relative to said opening, the closure member being integrally formed with said lid, or a companion cup, remote from said channel for selective severing therefrom and subsequent mounting within the channel.