Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
215383000 | Recess in sidewall | 70 |
20080245762 | SQUARE BOTTLE MANUFACTURED FROM SYNTHETIC RESIN - Disclosed herein are bottle-shaped containers having a trunk portion approximating a square. The trunk portion comprises four tabular side walls arrayed about a center axis and four corner walls connected to adjacent side walls in a corner-cutting form. The width of the corner walls expands from the top end and the bottom end toward a position about midway between the top end and the bottom end. By making the widths of the side walls and the corner walls about equal at a location about midway between the top portion and the bottom portion, the distance between the corner walls in mutual opposition with respect to the center axis can be decreased, forming a waist portion. | 10-09-2008 |
20080308521 | Bottle/stick pack combination - A drink bottle and stick pack combination includes a generally elongated, cylindrical container having an elongated recess located along the outer wall of the container. The recess extends axially along a portion of the height of the container. An elongated package is releasably held within the recess by the container label that normally surrounds the same. The package may contain a natural or artificial flavoring, a medicament, or an edible substance. | 12-18-2008 |
20090020497 | Bottle - The bottle is provided with a base portion installed on the outer circumference brim of the bottom, a central recess installed inside the base portion and recessed toward the inside of the bottle, an annular wall portion installed between the base portion and the central recess and inclined so as to elevate gradually from the base portion to the central recess, and a plurality of ribs installed side by side at the annular wall portion in the circumferential direction of the bottom and protruding toward the inside of the bottle. The ribs are provided with a rising wall portion rising toward the inside of the bottle and an inclined wall portion inclined from the upper brim of the rising wall portion toward the lower brim of the rising wall portion of an adjacent rib. The rising wall portion is inclined more steeply than the inclined wall portion. | 01-22-2009 |
20090065468 | Resin-made storage container - The object of this invention is to provide a container having a reduced area of vacuum-absorbing panels and thus acquiring improved appearance and having strength against a pressure drop, i.e., the strength enough to retain the shape of the container even when there is a pressure drop inside the container. | 03-12-2009 |
20090078672 | Container and Preform for Obtaining a Container - A container obtained from a compression-moulded preform ( | 03-26-2009 |
20090095702 | HOT-FILLABLE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MAKING - A hot-fillable container that has an aesthetically pleasing shaped after the hot-fill process. The side walls of the container have structural aspects that permit the side walls to retain a substantially similar shape after the hot-fill process. This allows for an aesthetically pleasing design that compensates for the deformation that can occur during the hot-fill process. | 04-16-2009 |
20090242505 | RECTANGULAR CONTAINER HAVING INSET LABEL PANELS AND CONCAVE HEEL GEOMETRY - A rectangular plastic container formed by blow molding includes an upper portion, an upper label bumper, a base portion having a heel that curves inward to meet a standing edge at a bottom of the container, and a lower label bumper. The container further includes a body portion disposed between the upper portion and the base portion. The body portion includes front, back, and side label panel areas meeting at rounded corner regions of the body portion. The label panels each having a plurality of horizontal ribs, each horizontal rib having four portions separated by gaps, such that each of the four portions extends into the corner regions of the body portion. The front and the back label panel areas are inset from the upper bumper by a distance which is greater than an inset distance of the side label panel areas with respect to the upper bumper. | 10-01-2009 |
20090283495 | HOT-FILL CONTAINER - A one-piece plastic container includes a container body and an upper portion having a finish. Integrally formed with the finish and extending downward therefrom is a shoulder region. The shoulder region merges into and provides a transition between the finish and a sidewall portion. The sidewall portion extends downward from the shoulder region to a base portion having a base. The sidewall portion defines a series of horizontal lands and horizontal ribs. The horizontal lands and horizontal ribs extend continuously in a vertical direction from the shoulder region to the base portion. The horizontal ribs are designed to achieve optimal performance with regard to vacuum absorption, top load strength capabilities and dent resistance. | 11-19-2009 |
20090321384 | Plastic container having vacuum panels - A container structure for a hot fill liquid may employ an upper portion defining a mouth, a shoulder portion integrally formed with and extending downward from the upper portion, a bottom portion defining a base, and a body and sidewall extending between and joining the shoulder and bottom portions. The sidewall may employ a pair of opposing columns oriented diagonally relative to the base and concave inward relative to a container central vertical axis before the container is filled. The columns become concave inward to a lesser extent when the bottle is under an interior vacuum. The sidewall may also employ a pair of opposing, compound angle vacuum panels oriented diagonally relative to the base. A vacuum initiator groove is formed in each of the vacuum panels to initiate panel movement during liquid content cooling. The vacuum initiator groove is generally coincident with a vacuum panel longitudinal centerline. | 12-31-2009 |
20100000963 | PLASTIC BOTTLE - [Problem] To provide a plastic bottle that can improve grippability and portability, being an item created with the focus on a practical flattened bottle that takes into consideration consumers' needs. [Means of Solution] A plastic bottle ( | 01-07-2010 |
20100006534 | Drink Bottle With A Promotional Object - Drink bottle with a promotional object, characterised by the plastic or glass body ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100012618 | CONTAINER WITH AT LEAST ONE GROOVE OF VARIABLE DEPTH - Container, made of a thermoplastic such as PET, comprising a body oriented along a longitudinal axis with a wall enclosing said axis defining two faces separated from each other by two connecting regions, said body being provided with one groove extending partly over said two faces of said body and one the two connecting regions, wherein said one groove extends approximately in a plane at right angles to said axis of said body with a depth which is variable between a first depth P1 in said two faces of the body and a second depth P2 in said connecting region, the ratio P1/P2 between the two depths being between zero and a value less than or equal to 0.5. | 01-21-2010 |
20100032405 | ROUND SYNTHETIC RESIN BOTTLE - A round bottle that gives an overall impression of a slim body, while maintaining a basic shape of the round bottle and a vacuum absorbing function. An object is to provide a round synthetic resin bottle having a differentiated shape not found in conventional art. This involves narrowing down a diameter of the body in a tapered manner toward a middle height position of the body to form a tapered portion at either one of an upper end or a lower end of the basically cylindrical body and thus to form a waist portion in a narrowest part of this tapered portion, and forming a plurality of dented vacuum absorbing panels in a height range lying next to the waist portion of the body and in a configuration that each of the panels is disposed in parallel in a circumferential direction and dented by a stepped portion surrounding each panel. | 02-11-2010 |
20100155360 | CONTAINER - A blow molded container has a neck portion defining a mouth. The neck portion leads into a shoulder portion and a bottom portion forms a container base. A sidewall portion connects the shoulder portion and the bottom portion and employs a first pair of opposing convex vacuum panels and a second pair of opposing convex vacuum panels. The first pair of opposing convex vacuum panels is larger in surface area than the second pair of opposing convex vacuum panels. A vertical column at each corner of the container joins the first pair of opposing vacuum panels to the second pair of opposing vacuum panels. A structural convex arch resides above and below each convex vacuum panel. Each of the vertical columns are molded into the structural convex arches. Vacuum initiator grooves may be molded into the first and second pair of opposing vacuum panels to control vacuum panel movement. | 06-24-2010 |
20100176081 | CONTAINER HAVING META-STABLE PANELS - A container has meta-stable panels to compensate for internal vacuum from hot filling. The panels include a groove that yields during deformation such that the stiffness of the panel varies from its pre-yield stage to its post-yield stage. | 07-15-2010 |
20100206839 | BOTTLE - According to a bottle of the present invention, grooves are formed at each of an upper and a lower end portions of a column; the grooves extend along a circumferential direction; both end portions of each of the grooves in the circumferential direction are in contact with each of both end edges of the column in the circumferential direction, whereby occurrence of local deformation in the column can be suppressed. | 08-19-2010 |
20110079574 | PASTEURIZABLE AND HOT-FILLABLE BLOW MOLDED PLASTIC CONTAINER - A blow molded plastic container for hot fill and pasteurization uses includes a main body portion that is shaped so as to be substantially rectangular in horizontal cross-section and a base portion. The base portion is shaped to define a generally rectangular standing ring and an elevated push-up portion that is positioned radially inward of the standing ring. The push-up portion includes a central region, an annular, substantially straight and substantially vertical rise portion that is positioned immediately radially inward of the standing ring and a plurality of radially oriented waves. Each of the waves extends radially outwardly from the central region to the vertical rise portion. The main body portion is shaped so as to have a plurality of sidewall portions that are bounded by a plurality of vertically extending edge portions. In one embodiment, at least one of the vertically extending edge portions may have at least one inwardly extending gusset defined therein to provide structural reinforcement. | 04-07-2011 |
20110079575 | PASTEURIZABLE AND HOT-FILLABLE PLASTIC CONTAINER - A blow molded plastic container for hot fill and pasteurization uses includes a main body portion that is shaped so as to be substantially round in horizontal cross-section and a base portion. The base portion is shaped to define a generally circular standing ring and an elevated push-up portion that is positioned radially inward of the standing ring. The push-up portion includes a central region, an annular, substantially straight and substantially vertical rise portion that is positioned immediately radially inward of the standing ring and a plurality of radially oriented waves. Each of the waves extends radially outwardly from the central region to the vertical rise portion and is preferably shaped so as to subtend a substantially constant angle along its length. | 04-07-2011 |
20110174769 | BOTTLE - Disclosed herein is a bottle having a neck portion and a body portion for containing liquid contents therein. The bottle includes a plurality of guides formed around at least partial area or an entire area of the body portion. The guides protrude inwards from the inner surface of the body portion to have convex shapes. Thus, the liquid contents are guided towards an opening of the neck portion while spirally revolving inside the body portion. At least one reinforcing wire is provided in the guides to reinforce upright strength of the body portion formed with the plurality of guides. | 07-21-2011 |
20120000882 | Bottles with Top Loading Resistance - This disclosure is generally directed toward bottles with improved top loading resistance and does so by, among other things, utilizing walls, shoulder, and/or other structural features of a particular size, taper, angle, and/or material. The bottle includes a mouth, a barrel connected to a base, and a shoulder extending between the mouth and barrel. The shoulder may include upper, intermediate, and lower sections, in which the intermediate section may be relatively thicker than the upper section. The barrel may also include upper, intermediate, and lower sections, in which the intermediate section may be relatively thicker than the lower section. | 01-05-2012 |
20120175339 | SYNTHETIC RESIN ROUND BOTTLE - A synthetic resin round bottle having a shape of the peripheral groove ribs that can increase the plane rigidity of the peripheral sidewall, without lowering the buckling strength in the vertical directions and the moldability of the bottle, including a round bottle having a neck, a tapered cylindrical shoulder, a cylindrical body, a bottom, a pair of peripheral groove ribs disposed at certain height positions of the body and formed in groove shapes, with one groove over the other groove in proximity to each other, where bases of these peripheral groove ribs are inclined relative to the direction of central axis of the bottle in a vertical sectional view, and the incline of a rib base for the upper peripheral groove rib has a direction opposite that of the incline of the rib base for the lower peripheral groove rib. | 07-12-2012 |
20130193102 | CONTAINER WITH A THICKENED CURVED ANNULAR PORTION - Container of thermoplastic material having a body extending along a principal axis, characterized in that the body has at least one annular narrowed zone of extra thickness. | 08-01-2013 |
20130213927 | Modular interlocking containers - The invention includes a scalable, modular interlocking container with a multi-purpose use. Vertical and horizontal interconnectivity are achieved through interlocking mechanisms. An exemplary first use is for transporting and/or storing liquids or solids that can be poured. An exemplary second use is for a sturdy, low cost, easily assembled building block material of a standardized nature. Each modular unit slide-locks with other units to form strong wall and building structures that can be filled with natural earth, sand or other such materials, thereby forming a sturdy structure without the use of mortar, and can adapt to uneven base surfaces typically found in natural terrain. | 08-22-2013 |
20130292356 | BOTTLE - Disclosed is a bottomed tubular bottle including an annular groove which is formed so as to be circumferentially and radially recessed inward along the outer peripheral surface of a body of the bottle with a bottle axis as a center and which contracts and deforms the body in the axial direction of the bottle when the internal pressure is reduced. The annular groove is recessed and formed by a first wall surface arranged on a mouth side of the bottle and a second wall surface arranged on a bottom side of the bottle. The body is formed so that the outer diameter on the bottom side is larger than the outer diameter on the mouth side with the annular groove interposed therebetween. | 11-07-2013 |
20140034600 | SYNTHETIC RESIN CONTAINER - A synthetic resin container includes a bottom part having a bottom plate part present at the center of the bottom part and a peripheral part positioned at the periphery of the bottom plate part. The peripheral part includes a grounding part having an inside slope rising outwardly of the container with the outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate part being a start point, and an outside slope continuing to the side surface of the bottom part. When a load is applied in the axial direction in the state where the container stands upright on the grounding surface, the shape of the bottom part changes reversibly such that the bottom plate part is depressed inwardly to the container. Thus, it is possible to avoid deformation of the container into an unintended shape if a load is applied to the container in the axial direction, and to ensure the rigidity thereof. | 02-06-2014 |
20140048508 | CONTAINER BASE HAVING VOLUME ABSORPTION PANEL - A plastic container configured to deform from an as-molded state in response to negative internal pressure, the plastic container including a substantially cylindrical container body; and a base connected to a bottom portion of the container body, the base including a standing member, a substantially central hub, and a base body extending between the standing member and the hub, wherein the base body includes a deflection rib projecting up from the base body, the rib configured to deflect when the base body deforms in response to an increase in negative internal pressure. | 02-20-2014 |
20140054257 | PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH VARYING DEPTH RIBS - A bottle may have varying depth ribs to achieve a balance of strength and rigidity while maintaining hoop strength. The varying depth ribs may smoothly transition around the circumference of the bottle from a flattened and/or shallow depth rib portion to a deep rib portion. A collection of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs act as recessed columns in the body of the bottle to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The deep rib portions provide hoop strength and make the bottle body more rigid and/or stiffer when gripped by a user. A balance may be achieved between of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs and deep ribs to attain a desired resistance to bending, leaning, and/or stretching while maintaining stiffness in a lightweight bottle. | 02-27-2014 |
20140166609 | REINFORCED PLASTIC CONTAINERS - A plastic container that may be used in hot fill applications includes a finish portion having an opening, a main body portion and a bottom portion. The main body portion includes a vacuum panel area and a circumferentially extending reinforcement groove that has reinforcement structure provided therein positioned substantially adjacent to the vacuum panel area. The bottom portion includes a standing ring, a central interior substantially flat portion that has a plurality of alternating parallel ribs and grooves defined therein and a transitional surface between the standing ring and the substantially flat portion. The parallel ribs and grooves define a complex structure with respect to the transitional surface that provides a stiffening effect, particularly in containers that are fabricated from polypropylene. | 06-19-2014 |
20140263159 | MILLING JAR WITH INTEGRATED LIFTERS - A milling jar has a jar body and a jar neck. The jar body has an internal surface and an external surface. Ridges with gently sloping slides, called “lifters,” are formed by indenting the surface of the jar wall so that the internal surface projects toward the center of the jar. Because the depressions (on the external surface) and the lifters (on the internal surface) are segmented, portions of the circumference of the jar remain cylindrical. The jar neck has a lid that secures the materials inside the jar when the lid is fastened. | 09-18-2014 |
20150108081 | CONTAINERS HAVING IMPROVED VACUUM RESISTANCE - Containers having improved vacuum-resistance and aesthetic features are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a container ( | 04-23-2015 |
20150314907 | RESIN CONTAINER - In a container formed of resin in which a concave portion is provided adjacent a vertical center portion of a body portion, the concave portion includes a bottom face, an upper inclined face continuous from an upper side of the bottom face and a lower inclined face continuous from a lower side of the bottom face, and the upper inclined face and the lower inclined face are inclined such that these upper and lower inclined faces are located closer to each other toward the bottom face side, inclination of the lower inclined face is set smaller than inclination of the upper inclined face, and there is provided a vertical groove extending from the bottom face to the lower inclined face. | 11-05-2015 |
20150328818 | MOLD FOR CONTAINER WITH HANDLE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONTAINER WITH HANDLE, AND CONTAINER WITH HANDLE - A container with a handle, in which a handle is engaged with a portion of the container, is manufactured by arranging the handle in a handle arrangement part, inserting a bottomed tubular preform into a cavity of a mold and performing blow molding. The mold includes an inner wall surface that forms an external shape of the container and a pressurizing member that forms a handle engaging part engaging with the handle to a portion of the container, and the pressurizing member is capable of moving between a first position which is a position at an outer side of the inner wall surface and a second position at which a portion of the inner wall surface is formed. | 11-19-2015 |
20160009474 | BOTTLE | 01-14-2016 |
215384000 | Specified gripping structure | 37 |
20080251492 | Overmolded Containers With Improved Gripping and Methods of Manufacture Thereof - A blow molded container is blow molded with improved gripping areas. The gripping areas of the container contain a layer of an elastomer which has a greater coefficient of friction than the coefficient of friction of the container surface. The elastomer preferably is selectively on the gripping areas for that container with the surface of the remainder of the container being that of the container as formed. The container is formed from a preform that has an elastomer layer of a size and shape to produce the elastomer on the gripping area of the container, providing a blow mold with a negative of the container and gripping area on the inner surface of the mold, orienting the preform in the mold such that the elastomer layer on the preform is adjacent to the negative of the gripping area on the inner surface of the mold, and injecting a gas into the preform to blow mold the container with the gripping areas overmolded with a layer of the elastomer. | 10-16-2008 |
20080257858 | Container, Closure Means and Use Thereof - The invention relates to a container ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080277374 | Container - In a bottle container, such as a pet bottle, provided with a mouth portion | 11-13-2008 |
20080308522 | EASY GRIP BOTTLE - An easy open bottle having grooves for the fingers. | 12-18-2008 |
20090020498 | CONTAINER HAVING BROAD SHOULDER AND NARROW WAIST - The invention relates to a plastic container having a neck, shoulder, base and body portion. There are longitudinal base panel portions with rounded, longitudinal base panel edges separating each of said flattened portions from each other at a waist. The waist has a circumferential dimension less than the base and is positioned between the body portion and the base. The body portion is positioned between the waist and the circular shoulder and has flexible, substantially flat longitudinal body panels and rounded, longitudinal body panel edges separating adjacent body panels from each other and merging with the longitudinal panel edges of said base. The longitudinal body edges increase in width as the body longitudinally merges with the circular shoulder portion, and the circular shoulder portion has a rounded portion transitioning into and merging with the body panels, and a sloping portion of reducing diameter merging with the neck. | 01-22-2009 |
20090159557 | Bottle-Type Plastic Container Having an Integrated Hand-Grip - The bottle-shaped plastic container comprises a hollow body with an integrated hand-grip. The hand-grip is constituted by a palm-recess and two opposite finger-recesses; said palm-recess has preferably a depth of at least 5 mm; said two opposite finger-recesses are an extension of the bottom of said palm-recess, and the bottom of said palm-recess comprising ribs that extend in the finger-recesses. | 06-25-2009 |
20090166314 | Plastic bottle - A plastic bottle is provided with a constricted portion and a non-constricted portion contiguous above and below with the constricted portion. One of the constricted portion or the non-constricted portion has a substantially polygonal cross-sectional shape, and the other one of the constricted portion or the non-constricted portion has a circular cross-sectional shape. | 07-02-2009 |
20090266786 | Large bottle-shaped container having substantially rectangular cross section - A large container made of synthetic resin, and comprising a neck and a body; the body having a substantially rectangular cross section, and including an upper body and a lower body; the upper body containing a center of gravity of the container when filled with liquid; the upper body having a waist section containing the center of gravity; the waist section having a grip, the grip being not adapted to absorb a negative pressure in the container; and at least one surface of the lower body including a vacuum panel. | 10-29-2009 |
20090289028 | Synthetic resin square bottle - A technical problem of this invention especially in the case of large-size bottles is to form a grip, without changing the bottle shape to a large extent, so that the body can be firmly held. The object of this invention is to provide a synthetic resin square bottle that can be used reliably because the bottle can be held firmly with a hand. A major means of solving the problem is a synthetic resin square bottle comprising a body having a rectangular shape in a plane cross-section and a groove-like waist portion disposed at a middle height of the bottle, wherein a pair of recessed portions for use as finger stops are formed in respective long side walls of said rectangular body over a predetermined area ranging from said waist portion downward to ensure that a plural number of fingers can be placed in at least one recessed portion for a finger stop purpose, and wherein a grip for holding the bottle is formed from both the pair of recessed portions and the waist portion. | 11-26-2009 |
20090321385 | Synthetic resin bottle - The technical problem to be solved by this invention is to design bottle walls having such a shape as to inhibit cave-in deformation into a dented wall shape caused by recessed areas for fingerhold. The object of this invention is to provide a synthetic resin square bottle which is usable without anxiety, is excellent at firm hold, and has a high vacuum-absorbing function. | 12-31-2009 |
20090321386 | Lightweight container having mid-body grip - The present disclosure provides a one-piece plastic container having a body defining a generally rectangular horizontal cross-section, and including a first pair of opposing sidewalls and a second pair of opposing sidewalls. The body has an upper portion, a shoulder region, a sidewall portion and a base. The shoulder region is integrally formed with and extends from the upper portion to the sidewall portion. The base closes off an end of the container. The shoulder region defines a pair of grip portions defined in part by a respective pair of pillars. Each pillar defines oppositely facing walls that are offset inboard relative to the respective second pair of opposing sidewalls. | 12-31-2009 |
20100006535 | Plastic Container Possessing Improved Top Load Strength and Grippability - A plastic container includes a sidewall having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an interior space. The sidewall is shaped so as to define a container neck, a main body portion and a dome that may be substantially rectangular in transverse cross-section. The dome has a lower and that is integral with the main body portion and a shoulder at an upper end that is integral with the container neck. The dome preferably includes at least one longitudinally extending buttress column defined in the sidewall that when viewed in transverse cross-section protrudes laterally outwardly from adjacent portions of the sidewall in order to enhance the strength of the container. The longitudinally extending buttress column may extend along an entire length of the dome from the main body portion to the container neck in order to further enhance the strength of the container. | 01-14-2010 |
20100072168 | SYNTHETIC RESIN BOTTLE - This invention intends to provide a large-size bottle that can be held firmly with a hand in simple handling. This can be achieved by fitting the thumb and a co-working finger into place and stopping them from sliding upward and laterally along the body wall, and also by stopping other fingertips from sliding laterally. A pair of grips | 03-25-2010 |
20100102024 | SYNTHETIC RESIN BOTTLE - A synthetic resin bottle including a body having a bottom, wherein the body is divided by a waist into an upper body portion and a lower body portion. The bottle is easily portable and operable without requiring an additional handle, etc. and has high buckling strength. The bottle has a dome-shaped upper body portion connected, with the waist in between, to the lower body portion having the bottom, a shoulder surrounding the upper end of the upper body portion, and a tubular neck part connected to the shoulder. Two depressions facing each other are arranged on the rear side of the upper body portion along its circumferential direction. The portion formed between the depressions functions as a grip, and vertical ribs are each provided on a step surface formed on the front side of each depression. | 04-29-2010 |
20100230378 | PLASTIC BOTTLE WITH A GRIPPING PORTION - Plastic bottle including a body ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100301003 | Multi-Panel Plastic Container - A plastic container that particularly adapted for hot-fill applications includes a bottom portion; and a sidewall portion that is unitary with the bottom portion. The sidewall portion has a maximum outer diameter, and includes first and second pairs of opposing first and second vacuum panels, respectively. At least one of the second vacuum panels includes gripping structure. The first and second vacuum panels respectively have first and second substantially constant radii of curvature as measured in a horizontal plane that are substantially constant from upper to lower ends of the vacuum panels. A ratio of the first substantially constant radius of curvature to the maximum outer diameter is within a range of about 0.3 to about 2.5, and a ratio of the second substantially constant radius of curvature to the maximum outer diameter is within a range of about 0.2 to about 2. At least one of the second vacuum panels may be asymmetric about a central vertical axis as viewed in side elevation. | 12-02-2010 |
20100326951 | Lightweight, high strength bottle - A bottle includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion includes a shoulder that extends away from a neck of the bottle, and a grip portion. The grip portion is recessed within the top portion of the bottle. The bottle may include a vacuum panel array and/or a rib array to help improve strength, reduce material and accommodate deformation forces tending to collapse the bottle upon filling with pasteurized contents. | 12-30-2010 |
20110049086 | Bottle - A plastic bottle comprises a main body defining an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion including a plurality of vacuum flex panels, said lower portion including upper and lower label bumpers to receive a wrap around label. A circumferential, recessed waist portion defines a transition between the upper and lower portions of the main body. The upper portion includes a dome with a gripping section having a pair of opposed grip portions positioned above the waist and recessed into the upper portion. | 03-03-2011 |
20110079576 | PLASTIC CAN PACKAGE - A package includes a container having a closed bottom, an open top having an outwardly extending flange, and a body having an enclosed generally cylindrical perimeter surrounding a longitudinal axis between the bottom and the top. A foil can sealed to the outwardly extending flange to close the open top and a cap positioned over the foil and removably connected to the outwardly extending flange to protect the foil, the bottom, foil sealed top, and body together defining an interior volume. The body can include an opposed pair of longitudinally extending inward protrusions forming a graspable handle dividing the body into a front label surface occupying at least 180° of the body and a back label surface smaller than the front label surface. Each inward protrusion can include a plurality of longitudinal ridges on a forwardly facing surface to facilitate single handed grasping of the package. A plurality of circumferential ribs can be situated between an upper end of the inward protrusions and the outwardly extending flange to preserve the package shape during storage on commercial food storage racks. | 04-07-2011 |
20110079577 | Wine Bottle - A bottle which may be placed on a shelf or suspended from a fixture comprising an open-ended hollow body, first and second opposite axial ends, where the first axial end forms a bottom of the bottle and the second axial end forms a top of the bottle. The top of the bottle includes a tapered pouring neck. Suspension means is formed with the hollow body for suspending the wine bottle in a fixture. The suspension means is integrated with at least contralateral sidewalls of the hollow body and disposed superjacent to the bottom of the bottle but generally proximate to the bottom of the bottle. The suspension means may include a pair of recesses, a recessed annular ring or a protruding annular ring. | 04-07-2011 |
20110284493 | CONTAINER WITH BEND RESISTANT GRIPPABLE DOME - A plastic container having improved structural stability characteristics when gripped includes a finish and a main body having a sidewall. The main body has a lower portion and an upper dome that is separated from the lower portion by a waist. The upper dome includes an upper brow portion having a first maximum width and that has a concave recess defined therein. A gripping recess may be defined in the sidewall beneath the upper brow portion, which has a second minimum width that is less than the first maximum width. A portion of the sidewall that defines the gripping recess may have a substantially vertically oriented reinforcing element defined therein. In addition, a portion of the sidewall that defines the gripping recess may have U-shaped groove defined therein. | 11-24-2011 |
20120193321 | BOTTLE WITH GRIPPING MECHANISM - The present invention is a liquid container having an internal storage cavity with a substantially cylindrical sidewall, a neck area and a base area. The neck area contains an opening at its apex to permit entry and egress of liquids. The neck area also contains a handle that runs across a concave indentation, which is also part of the neck area. Furthermore, the handle's first point and second point are contained completely within the neck area. The handle's curvature is substantially the same as the curvature of the neck and it outer arc having the same radian value as the outer arc of the neck area. Equal radian values camouflage the presence of the claimed handle, reducing its potential jarring appearance, while also retaining the same overall shape of the exterior arc, thus largely alleviating the need to retool or reconfigure existing bottle making equipment or storage equipment. | 08-02-2012 |
20120228258 | PLASTIC CONTAINER HAVING REINFORCED GRIPPING STRUCTURE - A plastic container includes a shoulder portion having an annular rib defined therein and a generally cylindrical main body portion having a longitudinal axis. At least one gripping recess is defined in the main body portion that has an oblong shape when viewed in front elevation and that is defined in part by a curved concave inner surface when viewed in side elevation. The gripping recess includes a plurality of horizontal indentations, each of which is sized to receive a finger of a consumer when the plastic container is being gripped by the consumer. | 09-13-2012 |
20130140264 | PLASTIC CONTAINER HAVING SIDEWALL RIBS WITH VARYING DEPTH - A bottle may have varying depth ribs to achieve a balance of strength and rigidity while maintaining hoop strength. The varying depth ribs may smoothly transition around the circumference of the bottle from a flattened and/or shallow depth rib portion to a deep rib portion. A collection of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs act as recessed columns in the body of the bottle to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The deep rib portions provide hoop strength and make the bottle body more rigid and/or stiffer when gripped by a user. A balance may be achieved between of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs and deep ribs to attain a desired resistance to bending, leaning, and/or stretching while maintaining stiffness in a lightweight bottle. | 06-06-2013 |
20130153532 | PLASTIC CONTAINER HAVING ENHANCED CRUSH RESISTANCE AND POURING STABILITY - A molded plastic container is shaped so as to resist deformation as a result of compressive forces that may be applied by the consumer during use. The container includes a pair of recessed grip portions that are molded into forward and rearward sides of the container and an outer handle portion. Reinforcing ribs are integrally molded into the forward and rearward sidewalls of the container in areas that are substantially adjacent to the recessed grip portions in order to provide additional crush resistance as the container is squeezed. Additionally, a torsional reinforcement rib is integrated into an upper side portion of the container in order to resist deformation of the container and the pouring opening of the container during pouring. The torsional reinforcement rib is integral with the two reinforcing ribs, which provides additional strength and pouring stability to the container. | 06-20-2013 |
20130186848 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BLOW-MOLDED CONTAINERS AND BLOW-MOLDED CONTAINER - A blow-molded container includes an opening section that can be closed, a side wall, and a closed bottom. The material in the region of the side wall is shaped by blow forming an injection-molded preform. At least three recessed grips are arranged along an outer perimeter of the container. At least two longitudinal ribs oriented in a longitudinal direction of the container are arranged between each pair of recessed grips. The longitudinal ribs are separated from each other by a recess, which also extends in a longitudinal direction. At least one circumferential rib, which extends in a circumferential direction of the container, is arranged inside each of the recessed grips. | 07-25-2013 |
20130256258 | PLASTIC CONTAINERS FOR CARBONATED LIQUIDS - Provided is a plastic container for receiving liquids, comprising a base area, a main body adjoining to said base area in a longitudinal direction of the container, a shoulder area adjoining to said main body in the longitudinal direction of said container, and a mouth area adjoining to said shoulder area in the longitudinal direction of said container, said mouth area having a container mouth. The container has a gripping area provided between said main body and said container mouth in the longitudinal direction of said container. The external cross section of said gripping area is smaller than an average external cross section of said shoulder area. | 10-03-2013 |
20130313222 | Wine Bottle - A bottle which may be placed on a shelf or suspended from a fixture comprising an open-ended hollow body, first and second opposite axial ends, where the first axial end forms a bottom of the bottle and the second axial end forms a top of the bottle. The top of the bottle includes a tapered pouring neck. Suspension means is formed with the hollow body for suspending the wine bottle in a fixture. The suspension means is integrated with at least contralateral sidewalls of the hollow body and disposed superjacent to the bottom of the bottle but generally proximate to the bottom of the bottle. The suspension means may include a pair of annular recesses, a recessed annular ring or a protruding annular ring. | 11-28-2013 |
20140021159 | SYNTHETIC RESIN BOTTLE - A technical problem of this invention especially in the case of large-size bottles is to form a grip, without changing the bottle shape to a large extent, so that the body can be firmly held. The object of this invention is to provide a synthetic resin square bottle that can be used reliably because the bottle can be held firmly with a hand. A major means of solving the problem is a synthetic resin square bottle comprising a body having a rectangular shape in a plane cross-section and a groove-like waist portion disposed at a middle height of the bottle, wherein a pair of recessed portions for use as finger stops are formed in respective long side walls of said rectangular body over a predetermined area ranging from said waist portion downward to ensure that a plural number of fingers can be placed in at least one recessed portion for a finger stop purpose, and wherein a grip for holding the bottle is formed from both the pair of recessed portions and the waist portion. | 01-23-2014 |
20140042119 | CONTAINER HAVING A HELICAL GRIP - Container having a helical grip translating down the container. | 02-13-2014 |
20140190929 | SPRAY BOTTLE WITH IMPROVED GRIP - A bottle including a reservoir configured to contain a fluid therein. The bottle further including a grip portion in fluid communication with the reservoir. The grip portion has at least one of a textured surface substantially enveloping the grip portion and a plurality of annular indentations and a plurality of protrusions formed thereon. | 07-10-2014 |
20140202982 | BOTTLE WITH MATING CLIP - An improved bottle having a mating clip is disclosed. The bottle includes a guide, preferably located on opposing sidewalls of the bottle, to direct attachment features of a clip toward mating attachment features of a bottle in order to facilitate attachment of the bottle to the clip in a tactile fashion. The guide further serves as a release mechanism, in which an inward force applied to the guide will cause deflection of the bottle to separate the clip from the bottle. | 07-24-2014 |
20140263160 | DEEP GRIP MECHANISM FOR BLOW MOLD AND RELATED METHODS AND BOTTLES - Disclosed is a mold for forming a deep grip container, the mold having drive mechanisms opposably to drive moveable inserts into the mold. The drive mechanisms may be located entirely within the mold and may include a slotted cam. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip comprising: providing a mold hanger having an outer envelope and providing within the outer envelope a drive mechanism to drive moveable inserts into the mold after blowing molten plastic into contact with the mold. Further disclosed is a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip manufactured according to the disclosed methods. | 09-18-2014 |
20140263161 | DEEP GRIP MECHANISM WITHIN BLOW MOLD HANGER AND RELATED METHODS AND BOTTLES - Disclosed is a mold hanger for supporting a bottle mold in a blow molding station, the mold hanger comprising a piston and piston sleeve fully contained within the mold hanger configured to push a moveable insert into the mold. Also disclosed is a method of retrofitting an original rotatable blow molding module having multiple existing blow molding stations, each existing mold hanger defining an existing outer envelope. The disclosed method may include providing an improved mold hanger substantially contained within the respective existing outer envelope and including low-profile drive mechanisms configured opposably to drive moveable inserts into the mold. Further disclosed is a method of manufacturing a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip, the method including providing within a mold hanger a drive mechanism to drive a moveable insert into the mold. A bottle made by such methods is also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140263162 | SERIES OF BOTTLES AND BOTTLE WITH LOGO PANEL - A series of hot-fill, PET bottles, includes a first bottle with a first volume and a first front profile; and a second bottle with a second volume and a second front profile. The first volume and the second volume are different and the first front profile and the second front profile are substantially the same. | 09-18-2014 |
20140319096 | BOTTLE HAVING A SHRINK-FITTED PLASTIC FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The invention relates to a method for producing a bottle having a sheath made of a shrinkable plastic film, the bottle comprising, on the circumferential surface thereof, at least one grip recess or handle opening projecting into the interior of the bottle, comprising the following steps: producing a tube from the shrinkable plastic film; drawing the tube onto the bottle; shrinking the plastic film onto the bottle; laser-cutting the area of the shrinkable plastic film which covers the grip recess or handle opening of the bottle; and sucking away the cut-out area by means of a fan. | 10-30-2014 |
20160136865 | DEEP GRIP MECHANISM FOR BLOW MOLD AND RELATED METHODS AND BOTTLES - Disclosed is a mold for forming a deep grip container, the mold having drive mechanisms opposably to drive moveable inserts into the mold. The drive mechanisms may be located entirely within the mold and may include a slotted cam. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip comprising: providing a mold hanger having an outer envelope and providing within the outer envelope a drive mechanism to drive moveable inserts into the mold after blowing molten plastic into contact with the mold. Further disclosed is a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip manufactured according to the disclosed methods. | 05-19-2016 |