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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141741 | Vacuum container with protective features A container including a metal sidewall is provided. The metal sidewall includes a first end; a second end; a center portion having a principal width; a first feature positioned between the center portion and the first end, the first feature extending from the sidewa... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7374055 | Container having controlled top load characteristics A plastic container having a first portion, a second portion, and a waist between the first portion and the second portion. The waist includes a first angled portion coupled to the first portion, a second angled portion coupled to the second portion, and a curved po... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364046 | Circumferential stiffening rib for hot-fill containers A polymer container suitable for hot-filling featuring at least one circumferential rib having a plurality of varying width regions transitioning from a smaller dimension area, to a larger dimension area, to the smaller dimension area. The larger dimension area is a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7334696 | Square sectioned synthetic resin container A square-sectioned synthetic resin container includes a body having a square cross-section defined by four cornered pillar portions and four flat walls joining the adjacent pillars, wherein the body is provided with a waist for dividing the body at least into upper ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7267242 | Bottle-shaped container including an annular projection A bottle-shaped container according to the present invention includes a mouth portion (1) for discharging contents, a shoulder portion (2), a main body portion (3), and a bottom portion (4), wherein these portions are integrally molded an... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7225954 | Beaded thin wall large aerosol container A large size aerosol container (10′) dispensing a fluent material. A generally cylindrical can body (12′) is fabricated from a steel sheet and has a relatively thin sidewall thickness of between 0.004 inches and 0.010 inches depending upon the weig... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7066338 | Filter element with anti-tracking ribs An injection moulding assembly (10) comprising a male moulding member (11) surrounded by a female moulding member (12) forming a void (13) between them that upon injection of molten plastics into the mould a container can be formed. The m... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051890 | Synthetic resin bottle with circumferential ribs for increased surface rigidity The technical problem of this invention is to eliminate the need to use deformable panel walls and to find the body of a shape that no false deformation, such as dented deformation, takes place in a portion of the body due to the hot filling of the contents or the r... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051892 | Water bottle for a dispenser A plastic, blow-molded, disposable water bottle adapted for use with a dispenser, said bottle having a basically spherical or elliptical shape, a footed base portion, and a unique neck geometry. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044325 | Plastic container This invention relates to a container consisting of a thermoplastic material, with side walls, flat top and bottom panels of which the top panel is provided with at least one fill/drain opening, and with a continuous circumferential carrying and transport rim. For b... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025219 | Multi-purpose grippable bell A dome for a plastic container having a longitudinal axis, including an upper portion with a flanged finish adapted to receive a cap where the upper portion extends substantially annular about the axis from the flanged finish to a first horizontal rib, an intermedia... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6983858 | Hot fillable container with flexible base portion A plastic container comprised of a closed base, a body portion, and a neck portion with a dispensing opening. The closed base includes a substantially rigid support portion and a flexible portion. The body portion preferably includes a shoulder portion and a substan... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6971540 | Plastic container A barrel body with a cross-section surface that approaches the shape of a square with slightly embossed side surfaces and rounded corner areas. The barrel body can be equipped with stiffening elements that run vertically and/or horizontally. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6938788 | Squeezable beverage bottle A squeezable bottle is provided that has a hollow body with an intermediate panel section that is bounded by upper and lower recessed reinforcing rings. The intermediate panel comprises a plurality of recessed gripper rings, each of which is bounded by a pair a rais... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932230 | Hollow plastic bottle including vacuum panels The hollow plastic bottle includes a side wall with a plurality of spaced apart vacuum panels and top and bottom recessed cylindrical bands above and below the vacuum panels. The bottom band extends continuously around the circumference of the bottle, and the top ba... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929139 | Plastic container with sidewall construction A blow molded plastic container having a circular base, a cylindrical sidewall extending upwardly from the base and a neck finish projecting upwardly from the sidewall. The sidewall includes a plurality of spaced apart, continuous, circumferential grooves extending ... | 08/16/2005 |
| RE38770 | Collapsible container A collapsible container is disclosed having a top portion and a base portion joined by a generally cylindrical side wall structure, the generally cylindrical side wall structure has a central axis and a collapsible helical portion and the collapsible helical portion... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6857531 | Plastic container A plastic container with a self-supporting base, a body portion extending above the base and a neck portion above the body portion. The neck portion includes a dispensing opening. The body portion includes a substantially rigid sidewall portion with structural reinf... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6838138 | Synthetic resin container bearing label It is an object of the present invention to prevent the edge of the in-molded label from the crack due to the impact of dropping the container, especially to prevent the occurrence of the crack on the thin synthetic resin container and to provide the synthetic resin... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6695162 | Plastic bottle, having reinforcing means A plastic bottle, wherein reinforcing portions are formed by a circular groove provided around the body of the bottle. The groove comprises, from the base upwards, a lower part to be connected to the body, a central part, and an upper part to be connected... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6598755 | Disposable bottle having a gradually collapsible, recovery-free, structure of its side-walls A disposable bottle (1) having a gradually collapsible structure, of the type in which the sidewalls (2) of the bottle have an accordion-like structure comprising several adjacent folds. Each fold is formed by two opposed surfaces (7, 8) of different widt... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6581794 | Plastic container with non-cylindrical body reinforced with peripheral grooves The invention concerns improvements to containers, in particular plastic bottles, having a body (2) with a circular non-cylindrical wall, so as to reinforce them and prevent cross-section variation when they are subjected to compression forces. Part at le... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6550627 | Container A container having opposing ends joined by a closing member, which closing member carries (a) a plurality of spread-apart ribs that radially encompass the periphery of the closing member, and (2) a plurality of radial sub-portions between adjacent ribs wh... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6401955 | Container assembly and container unit The present invention relates to a container assembly comprising a first container unit and a second container unit. The first container unit is used to receive articles. The two container units are connected by fastener members. The first container unit ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6375025 | Hot-fillable grip container A hot-fillable container having an opposed pair of collapse panels that move inwardly to accommodate vacuum-induced volumetric shrinkage of the container. The container includes a sidewall having front and rear label panels each of a predetermined radius ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6325232 | Process for producing a filled container and filled container A process for manufacturing a container and a container which can be readily opened without a tool wherein after sterilization of the sealed container a wall of the container is weakened to permit the top to be twisted off without the use of a tool.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6318583 | Beaded container An aerosol container (10) with an ergonomic beaded cylindrical body (18) is disclosed. The cylindrical body (18) has larger beads (21-23) toward the top of the container, and smaller beads (24, 25) positioned under the larger beads, creating an easy to ho... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6296131 | Plastic container with horizontal annular ribs A plastic bottle comprises a label panel portion comprising a plurality of ribs extending annularly about the perimeter thereof and lands located between each rib for accepting a label thereon, wherein the ribs are configured to render the label panel sub... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6230912 | Plastic container with horizontal annular ribs A plastic bottle comprises a label panel portion comprising a plurality of ribs extending annularly about the perimeter thereof and lands located between each rib for accepting a label thereon, wherein the ribs are configured to render the label panel sub... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6227396 | Subterranean fluid containment tank A modular fluid storage tank, intended for underground storage of water, utilizing alternating circular and octagonal ribs in the main body and curved, ribbed, end caps. Interconnection of the tanks uses rigid pipe or semi-flexible hose. The coupling betw... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6189717 | Integrally formed tank sump with water resistant lid assembly A sump has a one-piece body, comprising a hollow base member for collecting fluids leaking from a piping system, the base member having an upper portion and a lower portion. The one-piece body further comprises a hollow riser section having an upper porti... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6173859 | Filter housing with irregular rib A filter housing has a pot-like base, a lid that closes the base in a pressure-tight manner, one or several additional elements such as pipes, flanges or the like, which are connected to the wall of the base in the area of the seal between base and lid, a... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6164486 | Integral telescoping vessel joint and method for using the same Access to the interior of a vessel during fabrication and assembly of the vessel is provided by a channel structure formed around the circumference of the vessel. The channel structure comprises an outer surface that is radially inwardly offset from the e... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6112925 | Enhanced shelf-life pressurized container with ribbed appearance Pressurized plastic container having the appearance of ribs but with substantially reduced creep and without delamination, i.e., having an enhanced shelf life compared to prior art ribbed containers. In multilayer containers, the scribe lines reduce delam... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6065624 | Plastic blow molded water bottle A plastic blow molded water bottle (10) of a round shape has a body portion (12), an upper dispensing end (18), and a lower base (32) constructed in a manner that provides improved ability to withstand internal pressure.... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6036037 | Hot fill bottle with reinforced hoops The invention provides a novel hot fill plastic container with reinforced bands above and below the vacuum panels to prevent panelling (or crease formation under vacuum after cooling) in the label supporting band area. The container has a substantially cy... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5984133 | Tighthead barrel Tighthead barrel (1) is blow molded from thermoplastic. Top (4) which is arched to the outside has dome shape (9) and with its outside edge (10) at distance (a) under bearing surface (7) of carrying and rolling ring (5) which is pointed perpendicularly or... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5975341 | Reusable non-spillable beverage container for use with vehicle beverage holders A reusable beverage container for hot or cold beverages is for use in vehicle beverage holders with receptacles sized for twelve ounce beverage cans. The container has a first lower portion of a diameter approximating or less than the diameters of standar... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5924588 | Cap and interchangeable vial system A cap and vial system which allows a common cap to be used to seal each of several sizes of pharmaceutical vials, thus precluding the need for pharmacists to maintain an inventory of a differently sized cap for each specific vial size. Each of the vials h... | 07/20/1999 |
