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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186528 | Pressure container with differential vacuum panels An improved blow molded plastic container having generally rounded sidewalls that are adapted for hot-fill applications has two adjacent sides and two pairs of controlled deflection panels, each pair reacting to vacuum pressure at differing rates of movement, whereb... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181805 | Hot fill container The plastic container according to the present disclosure is an aesthetically pleasing plastic container suitable for premium hot fill beverages, such as teas and fruit juices. The plastic container defines a body and includes an upper portion having a finish. Integ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8113369 | 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 conv... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113368 | Synthetic resin bottle with spirally inclined pillars A synthetic resin bottle is provided with a shape that improves rigidity and strength in a lateral direction, without increasing the cost of material to thicken the bottle wall. The synthetic resin bottle is provided at a low cost in such a way that the bottles can ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8104632 | Synthetic resin bottle having a constricted portion with intermittent lateral grooves There is provided a synthetic resin bottle having high commercial value, which prevents plastic deformation accompanied with buckling. The invention provides a PET bottle comprising a body portion connected to a mouth portion via a shoulder portion, and a constricte... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8047389 | Semi-rigid collapsible container A semi-rigid collapsible container (10) has a side-wall with an upper portion (5), a central portion (6), a lower portion (7) and a base (8). The central portion (6) includes a vacuum panel portion having a control portion (... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047390 | Container having vacuum panels A plastic container includes an upper portion having a mouth defining an opening into the container. A shoulder region extends from the upper portion. A sidewall portion extends between the shoulder region and a base portion. The base portion closes off an end of th... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7959024 | 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 ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7882972 | Tip-resistant beverage container A beverage container that is prevented from tipping is provided. The beverage container includes a main unit configured to contain liquid therein, the main unit having a front surface, a bottom end, and a fall-stopping surface formed on the front surface of the main... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7861876 | Bottle with intruding margin vacuum responsive panels A container exhibiting superior resistance to unwanted or uncontrolled sidewall deformation has plurality of vacuum responsive panels, generally uniformly spaced around the sidewall periphery, including a panel surface portion radially inset from the sidewall. A pos... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857156 | Collapsible plastic bottle A plastic bottle that can easily be collapsed after used is provided. The plastic bottle has a body portion that is depressed internally by applying external force, and a depressible portion formed on a circumferential wall of the body portion to protrude ext... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7837049 | Container, in particular a bottle, made of thermoplastic material A thermoplastic container (1) having a body (2) provided with at least one groove (6) that forms a closed loop and that extends perpendicularly to the axis of the body; the groove having a depth (p) that lies in the range 3 mm to 6 mm; in right ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7823737 | Plastic container with substantially flat panels The plastic container has a heel portion having an enclosed base; a body portion transitioning into the heel portion; a bell portion transitioning into the body portion; and a finish attached to the bell portion and defining an opening. The body portion is formed in... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7815064 | Plastic container having wavy vacuum panels A plastic container comprises an upper portion including a finish, a lower portion including a base, a sidewall extending between the upper portion and the lower portion, the sidewall defining a central longitudinal axis of the container, and at least two vacuum pan... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7802691 | Plastic collapsible bottle with accordion-like arranged bellows ridges The bottle has accordion-like collapsible bellows ridges (1) with upper and lower arched shape surfaces (1′,1″), always only one of the surfaces (1′,1″) is provided with a system of ridge embossed or stamped stiffenings (2) withou... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798349 | Hot-fillable bottle A base including an inwardly and upwardly projecting flexible surface within a continuous seating ring supports a generally cylindrical wall extending upward from the base. A plurality of annular inwardly projecting, and vertically flexible rings interrupting the cy... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7757874 | Flex surface for hot-fillable bottle A blow-molded bottle has a flexible concave perimeter surface extending between an upper peripheral margin projecting outward from the bottle neck and an outwardly protruding ring located above the sidewall upper margin. The flexible concave perimeter surface is spe... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7748551 | Hot fill container with restricted corner radius vacuum panels A thin walled, plastic hot-fill container has a finish to receive a closure, a neck supporting the finish, a shoulder situated below the neck, a base, and a body between the shoulder and base. The body includes upper and lower margins defining a label mount area tha... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748552 | Plastic container with horizontally oriented panels A molded polymeric container generally symmetric about a vertical axis includes at least two rows of panels disposed circumferentially around the body, the panels having central portions that are sufficiently flexible to be dimensionally responsive to changes in pre... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7731044 | Thermoplastic container adapted to be filled with a hot liquid A thermoplastic container (1) adapted to be filled with a hot liquid, comprising a body (2) having a plurality of recessed panels (3) parallel to the axis (4) of the body and separated by beams (5) parallel to the axis; the panels ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7717282 | Semi-rigid collapsible container A semi-rigid collapsible container has a side-wall with an upper portion, a central portion, a lower portion and a base. The central portion includes a vacuum panel portion having a control portion and an initiator portion. The control portion is inclined more steep... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7699182 | 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... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7673764 | Container with narrow rib A substantially smooth container sidewall containing a narrow vertical rib, the rib having a width that is less than about 35% of the diameter of the sidewall, a container including the substantially smooth sidewall, and method of making both the sidewall and the co... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673765 | Hot fill container having improved vacuum panel configuration A hot fill container of the type that is used package fruit juices and other beverages includes a vacuum panel configuration that provides optimal volumetric efficiency, material usage and container strength and is particularly suited for use with smaller containers... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661548 | Hot-fill container with improved top-load performance A plastic container comprising a base that is attached to a body section which is connected to a dome section by a circumferential ring is provided. The dome section comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced hydrostatic pressure absorption panels each locate... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7631775 | Plastic container having gripping portions A plastic container comprises a sidewall including an upper end and a lower end, a base connected to the lower end of the sidewall, a dome connected to the upper end of the sidewall, the dome including a finish portion adapted to receive a closure, first and second ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7604140 | Multi-sided spiraled plastic container A multi-sided spiraled plastic container for liquid, flowable, and squeezable products may be suitable for use with food or beverage products packaged by traditional hot-fill processes. The container includes an open top through which the container is adapted to be ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7571827 | Retort container A plastic container for use in a sterilization process includes a neck having a finish, an upper transition portion extending from the neck, a generally polygonal structure having a plurality of relatively flat panels separated by columns, and a base portion where t... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7568588 | Container with contour The present invention relates to a plastic container with a substantially circular base, a lower body portion, a mid body portion, and an upper body portion, each having a respective width. The lower body portion is connected to the base and the mid body portion, th... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7552833 | Synthetic resin container having improved shape stability The synthetic resin container according to the present invention has a waist dividing a container main body portion into upper and lower parts, wherein the waist is formed on an annular groove surrounding the main body portion to as to be convex toward the interior ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7552834 | Synthetic resin heat-resistant bottle type container A slender synthetic resin heat-resistant bottle type container having a circumferential draw ratio of 2.8 or less, for example, comprises at least one pressure reduction absorbing panel (5) provided at a container body part, wherein the pressure reduction abs... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7513378 | Extendable container An extendable container including a container body and a sheet, the container body having a bottom part, a bellows barrel part extendable in a height direction, and a top part having an openable cover, the sheet being wrapped around the outer circumference of the co... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7472798 | Polygonal hour-glass hot-fillable bottle A blow-molded container has a base with a polygonal perimeter. A lower margin joins the base to a side wall extending upward to an upper margin. A shoulder extends upward and axially inward above the upper margin to a finish defining an opening for a closure. The up... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7467725 | Synthetic resin bottle having a vacuum-absorbing function A synthetic resin bottle includes a body having an upper end and a lower end and a plane cross-sectional shape of a circle, the circle being out-of-round over substantially an entire height of the body. The body includes crests disposed at three or more points on a ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7458478 | Hot-fillable container with convex sidewall areas that deform under vacuum conditions A hot fillable container includes a bottom and a sidewall connected with the bottom so as to define an internal space. The sidewall is further shaped so as to define in transverse cross-section a first convex sidewall label area having a first convexly curved outer ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455189 | Rectangular hot-filled container A rectangular plastic container having a shoulder region adapted for vacuum pressure absorption, a sidewall portion having a rigid support ledge and a tapered base structure having an octagonal shaped footprint. The shoulder region including vacuum panels being move... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7438704 | Open instillation container and method of manufacturing the container A bottomed conical hollow 6b is formed in a tip end of the container body A formed of a thermoplastic material with a liquid filled and sealed therein simultaneously during the molding process, the hollow having an inside diameter enlarging toward the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438196 | 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... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7416090 | Round type hot fillable container with deformable label panel An improved hot fillable container includes a bottom and a sidewall connected with the bottom so as to define an internal space. The sidewall is shaped so as to define in transverse cross-section in at least one location a substantially circular outer circumference.... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7377399 | Inverting vacuum panels for a plastic container A sidewall portion of a plastic container adapted for vacuum pressure absorption. The sidewall portion including generally rectangular shaped vacuum panels equidistantly spaced about the container. The vacuum panels having, at least in part, a convex shaped surface ... | 05/27/2008 |
