Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087525 | Multi-panel plastic container A container adapted to increase volume contraction and reduce pressure having four panels that are adapted to contract inwardly from vacuum forces created by contraction of container contents. The container has a sidewall including four panels. The four panels are v... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7837048 | Multi-colored container A multi-colored transparent or semi-transparent container having at least two discrete sidewall regions, each discrete region having a different transparent color such that when the container is viewed it exhibits multiple transparent colors or gradations of color. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7402333 | Tube-like plastic container and preform therefor A tube-like plastic container and a preform therefor are provided. The preform has a drum part and a mouth part, with a continued portion having a projecting edge in between. The drum part is thicker than the mouth part, has a flat wedge-like form, and tapers toward... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7367145 | Novelty item A novelty item has a base and a display extending upwardly from the base. The display comprises at least a first segment and at least a second segment each having an outer cylindrical wall and an inner cylindrical wall, the inner and outer walls separated from one a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7296702 | Synthetic resin bottle A synthetic resin bottle, protected from damage to the outer appearance under freezing conditions, and is effective in storage and transportation. The bottle is used by filling the bottle with contents have water as a main component and freezing such contents. The b... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7228981 | Blow-molded hourglass container with helical rib and method of manufacture A plastic container includes a body of one-piece integrally blow-molded construction. The body has an hourglass shape in side elevation with a waist, a base and a shoulder, and at least one helical external rib extending at least one full turn around the waist. The ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213719 | Plastic container The plastic container includes a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the lower base and an upper neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall with an opening therein. The sidewall includes at least ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7172087 | Squeezable container and method of manufacture A plastic container includes a finish, a shoulder extending from the finish, a closed base, and a sidewall connecting the shoulder to the base. The sidewall is of blow molded construction and generally uniform wall thickness. The sidewall has an array of circumferen... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169342 | Injection molding of tubular plastic products A hollow plastic product with a substantially tubular section, two open ends and a thread at the outside of one end of the product is manufactured by injection molding a plastic product with a substantially tubular section, an open end, a closed end and a thread at ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7137521 | Plastic container having chamfered corners for improved top-loading strength A plastic container is provided. The plastic container has a base, a body extending upward from the base, a neck extending upward from the body, a finish extending upward from the neck and having an opening, an integral handle having a lower end attached to the body... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7097059 | Blow-molded bottle A blow-molded bottle includes a shoulder and a body that includes an upper body section, a lower body section, and a transversal recessed rib disposed between the upper body section and the lower body section. The upper body section has four lateral walls and four c... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7063222 | Plastic container In a plastic container manufactured by melting blow molding a heated and molten parison extruded from an extruder, a mouth 3 and/or a specified part of a body 2 has a thicker thickness than the body proper. One or more thick parts of the body 2 ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059486 | Plastic container with rounded shoulders A plastic container for the storage and transport of liquids, particularly aggressive liquids, comprising a practically rectangular bottom, a top wall with a filling or pouring hole, and standing walls which each connect to the circumferential seam of both the botto... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7028857 | Plastic water bottle and apparatus and method to convey the bottle and prevent bottle rotation A plastic container for beverages to replace a container having a round flange with a round flange diameter and which is adapted to be conveyed by air along a track with inwardly extending track rails spaced from one another a set distance. The plastic container rep... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021479 | Plastic container with sidewall vacuum panels The hollow plastic container includes a side wall with at least three inwardly depressed channels spaced from each other and extending around the side wall, with an upper channel, a central channel and a lower channel. At least two spaced apart vacuum panels are pos... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6997336 | Plastic cafare A plastic carafe includes a body portion having an enclosed base defined by a plurality of upstanding posts and a plurality of panels separating the posts from one another. The carafe further includes a neck portion having a blown finish at the top of the carafe tha... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6964345 | Bottle with faceted surfaces and recessed panel A blow molded synthetic resin container having a body of generally V-shaped cross section defined by a pair of V-shaped side walls, end walls extending therebetween, and a bottom wall. A cylindrical neck is open at its upper end, and an upwardly inclined shoulder ex... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6827228 | Plastic container with decorative recessed features and associated method and apparatus for manufacture thereof A bubble 6 formed in the wall 7 of a plastic container having, an interior surface 8, an exterior surface 9 and a wall thickness 29 and being suitable for containing a liquid under pressure e.g., a carbonated beverage, including an... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6752284 | Synthetic resin container with thin wall A container has a body which comprises front and rear walls, and the side walls. Each of the front and rear walls has an elliptic cross section, and is provided with a lateral recess. Each of the side walls is a vertical plane which intersects the elliptic cross sec... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6739467 | Bottle-type plastic container A bottle-type plastic container includes a body and an opening at one end of the container that allows liquid content to be filled into the container and emptied therefrom. The body has a middle height region with front and rear surface portions, and both sides of t... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6722514 | Easy to hold container A container adapted for use by an infant or a child is provided. The container has handles with first and second side walls that diverge away from each other, in the direction away from the outer circumference of the body of the container toward the center line of t... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6712232 | Plastic container and method of manufacturing the same A plastic container contains a liquid, such as toilet water or soy source, and is suitable for containing a refill. The plastic container (1) has a tube (2) formed by rolling a plastic laminate in a tubular shape, a bottom wall (3) formed so as ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6659300 | Container having square and round attributes A plastic container is provided having an elongated neck, a shoulder region, a body portion and a base. The shoulder region having a substantially square cross section. The base having a substantially circular cross section. The substantially square cross... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6631744 | Container In an embodiment, a container includes a dispensing opening, a closure and a plurality of walls. At least one of the walls includes a non-uniform surface structured so that the dispensing closure can be disposed on the surface when the container is in its... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6585124 | Plastic container having geometry minimizing spherulitic crystallization below the finish and method A plastic container for retaining a commodity during a high temperature pasteurization or retort process. The container includes a finish defining an aperture for receiving the commodity, a body portion generally extending downward from the finish portion... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6494333 | Heat-resistant hollow container A heat-resistant hollow cylindrical container comprising a neck, a shoulder, an upper body, a middle body provided with pressure reduction absorbing panels, and a lower body including a bottom wall, wherein said pressure reduction absorbing panels are arr... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6488169 | Combination flask for pills and liquid therefor A combination flask for carrying a quantity of liquid and a quantity of pills which includes a housing that includes a fluid impervious first chamber. The first chamber has an opening. The housing is generally cross-shaped and the cross-shaped housing inc... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484897 | Containers with variable volume A container of variable volume includes an inner flexible member substantially enclosed in a number of interlocking outer sleeves. The volume of the container can be varied by moving at least one outer sleeve relative to another outer sleeve. The outer sl... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6405887 | Blow-molded container having reinforcement ribs and method and apparatus for making same A blow-molded plastic container (10) providing enhanced top loading capability. The container (10) has an inner peripheral surface (24) on which a plurality of integral, solid, inwardly and longitudinally extending ribs (26) are formed. Preferably, the ri... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6386387 | Multi-layer container A multi-layer container is constructed to include a transparent outer container body, the outer container body having a bottom center through hole and multiple peripheral through holes and an opaque design printed on an outer surface thereof, an inner con... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6273282 | Grippable container An ergonomically friendly container having hot-fill capabilities is disclosed. The container has a dome with grip surfaces that undergo controlled deformation for accommodating a portion of the volumetric shrinkage due to hot filling, capping and cooling.... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6237791 | Wide mouth hot fill container A method of forming a wide mouth blow molded thermoplastic container comprising the steps of i) stretch blow molding from a preform, an intermediate article defining the container with the mouth being threaded and/or flanged, the mouth terminating in an a... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6090460 | Method of forming multi-layer preform and container with low crystallizing interior layer A method of forming a multi-layer polyester preform and container, particularly suitable for refillable PET carbonated beverage bottles, having an interior layer of high copolymer polyester material which resists hazing in the preform injection stage, and... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6062408 | Wide mouth hot fill container A method of forming a wide mouth blow molded thermoplastic container comprising the steps of i) stretch blow molding from a preform, an intermediate article defining the container with the mouth being threaded and/or flanged, the mouth terminating in an a... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6039204 | Extrusion-blow molded container having cylindrical body and metal mold for producing the same There is provided a cylindrical extrusion-blow molded container, or a cylindrical delaminatable blow-molded container in particular, having an inner layer made of a poorly fusion-bonded resin material such as nylon, in order to improve the fusion-bond of ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5971184 | Hot-fillable plastic container with grippable body A hot-fillable plastic container having a panel section of a size suitable for gripping the container in one hand. The panel section includes two opposing vertically-elongated and radially-indented vacuum panels, and two opposing horizontally-disposed and... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5971217 | Liquid storing and dispensing system A liquid storage and dispensing device includes a bottle and a fluid flow control device which is mounted to the neck of the bottle. The bottle includes a planar surface upon which the bottle may rest in an inclined orientation, with the neck of the bottl... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5894041 | Multi-layer laminated preform and method of its manufacture A blank (2) is molded for the manufacture of a multi-layer preform (1). The blank possesses protrusions (5). After the protrusions (5) have been brought to a plasticised state under the action of heat, those surfaces that contain protrusions (5) are cover... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5814383 | Containers with improved crease-crack resistance A container with improved crease-crack resistance and a method of making that type of container. The container utilizes a layer of a soft plastic on its exterior to control cracking at outward creases. When the container holds motor oil, the oil itself ma... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5785178 | Packaged photocurable composition A packaged composition includes a vial having wall portions defining a chamber and a photocurable material in the chamber. The wall portions transmit less than about 1.0% of actinic radiation, and at least one of the wall portions transmits light having w... | 07/28/1998 |
