Patent ID: 7866128
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: A23L,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A method of loading a plurality of articles in a container comprising the steps of: a) providing a container having a body and defining an interior chamber, the container comprising a bottom wall including an inner surface, wherein the bottom wall is substantially inwardly concave towards the interior chamber, and wherein the container and the bottom wall are integral; b) providing a stack of articles comprising snack pieces having a spherically convex surface; c) inserting the stack of articles at least partially into the interior chamber until a surface portion of the leading article of the stack of articles contacts the inner surface of the bottom wall with an Angle Between Tangents of less than or equal to about 45°, wherein the Angle Between Tangents comprises the angle between a tangent line of a curved surface of the leading article at the initial contact point between the leading article and the inner surface and a tangent line of the inner surface at the initial contact point; and d) reorienting the leading article by forcing the leading article against the inner surface such that the convex surface of the article cooperates with the inner surface so that the article is in a properly aligned stacked position such that it conforms to the inwardly concave bottom wall.