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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8439214 | Plastic container with elongated vertical formation A plastic container is disclosed comprising a base portion for supporting the container on a surface, an upper portion, and a body portion. The upper portion includes a neck and a dispensing opening. The body portion extends between the base portion and the neck, th... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8267266 | Container having vacuum compensation elements A lightweight container includes an enclosed base, an upper portion that extends upwardly to a finish; and a body located between the base and the upper portion. The sidewall includes vacuum compensation elements that have an open end and an opposing closed end, and... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8162162 | 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... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152011 | Bottle, retaining device and associated elements for carrying containers and other items An improved bottle, retaining device and associated elements for carrying items is disclosed. The retaining device is adapted for holding a container (or containers) or other items; the retaining device being adapted to affix the container by way of the retaining de... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8141732 | Bottle and cup/lid combination A bottle. The bottle may include a cup with a number of first conical sections, a lid with a number of second conical sections, and a closure positioned on the lid. The upper conical sections mate with the lower conical sections. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8070003 | Package feature Formation of an “organically”-shaped feature on an otherwise abstract-shaped package. In particular, an organic or human anatomical feature is provided on an otherwise inanimate shape. More particularly, a package, such as a bottle, having a non-representational... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8056746 | Synthetic resin bottle There is provided a synthetic resin bottle in which an amorphous carbon film having good appearance without forming the brown mottled pattern on the surface thereof is deposited. The present invention provides a bottle having a mouth portion, a shoulder porti... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7992736 | Synthetic resin bottle There is provided a synthetic resin bottle in which an amorphous carbon film having good appearance without forming the brown mottled pattern on the surface thereof is deposited. The present invention provides a bottle having a mouth portion, a shoulder porti... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7845506 | Bottle, retaining device and associated elements for carrying containers and other items An improved bottle, retaining device and associated elements for carrying items is disclosed. The retaining device is adapted for holding a container (or containers) or other items; the retaining device being adapted to affix the container by way of the retaining de... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7832582 | Aseptic structural rib for plastic containers A plastic container includes a neck with an opening, a bell portion surrounding the neck, a body portion including at least one “m”-shaped horizontal rib, and a base where the body portion is located between the bell portion and the base. ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7798350 | Container with an at least partially triangular prismatic body The invention relates to a container (1′) made of a thermoplastic material, especially PET, having a body (2′) which, for at least a part of its height, is substantially prismatic in shape with a substantially triangular cross section and with thre... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7748553 | Synthetic resin container with thin wall A container has a body which comprises front end 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 plan which intersects the elliptic cross sect... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7469796 | Container exhibiting improved top load performance A plastic container (10) that exhibits an optimal ratio of hoop strength to top load strength includes a finish portion (12) and generally cylindrical main body portion (14). The main body portion includes a sidewall (16) that has a first... | 12/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7357267 | Plastic bottle with handle A squeezable plastic bottle with a handle which is bendable by forming a bending deformation portion in the handle. The bending deformation portion of the handle can be a bending portion formed in the middle portion of the longitudinal direction of the handle. Furth... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350963 | Blender jar A blender jar defines a geometry to impart vertical movement to material being processed in the blender jar, and, alternatively or in combination, improves the horizontal movement to the blended material. By configuring one or more agitators on the floor of a jar, l... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350657 | Grip for beverage container A beverage container with a grip formed in side and bottom walls thereof. The grip includes a V-shaped groove on a side wall that receives a finger of a consumer (e.g., a thumb or set of fingers) and a recess formed in a bottom wall of the container to receive one o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347339 | Hot-fill bottle having flexible portions A flexible hot fill container includes a body having a label portion and a flex portion. The flex portion includes flex panels and support structure fields. Both the support structure fields and flex panels deform inwardly upon vacuum conditions. Recess sidewalls in... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7318533 | Opposing rib structure for non-round bottles An improved blow molded plastic non-round container having rectangular sidewalls is adapted for hot-fill applications. The hot-fill container has vacuum panel reinforcement panels with rib structures located in a label mounting area on the sidewalls. In each panel, ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7296701 | Bottle-shaped synthetic resin container A bottle-shaped synthetic resin container (1) includes a body portion (3), and a circumferential groove (10) extending along an outer surface of the body portion (3). The circumferential groove (10) is defined by a groove bottom wa... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7258244 | Hot-fill plastic container and method of manufacture A hot-fill container of one-piece plastic construction includes a base, a neck finish and a cylindrical body connecting the base to the neck finish. The cylindrical body has an upper portion adjacent to the neck finish and a lower portion adjacent to the base. The u... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247471 | Spiral pleated roller bottle A roller bottle is provided with a bottom wall, a top wall and a cylindrical side wall extending between the bottom and top walls. The top wall includes an opening to provide access to the interior of the roller bottle. The cylindrical side wall of the roller bottle... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243815 | Thermoformed package A container is formed in a blank having two body halves interconnected by a hinge. The container body is at least partially clear to allow inspection of an article held in the interior. The container optionally includes an integrally formed carrying handle. Empty co... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243808 | 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... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7225926 | Cleaning container for photographic treatment composition A method and apparatus for cleaning treatment composition containers are disclosed which are capable of taking out photographic treatment compositions in the form of powder, granules, tablets or slurry from the containers without adhesion of the components to the in... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7198165 | Molded plastic hot-fill container and method of manufacture A blow molded plastic hot-fill container includes at least one vacuum panel for inward flexure under vacuum after the container is hot-filled and capped. The vacuum panel is externally concave as viewed in cross section from a first direction and externally convex a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182214 | Plastic container including an upper grip portion The container includes a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the lower base, and an upper portion extending upwardly from the sidewall. The upper portion includes at least one opening therein. An integra... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178687 | Moldable plastic container with hourglass profile A molded plastic container with a sidewall having a general hourglass configuration. The container structure includes an upper rim, a bottom and a sidewall that extends between the upper rim and the bottom. The sidewall includes a lower frustum section, a narrow mid... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178684 | Hourglass-shaped hot-fill container and method of manufacture A hot-fill container is of one-piece plastic construction that includes a base, a sidewall extending from the base, a dome connected to the sidewall and a neck finish extending from the dome. The sidewall has an hourglass shape as viewed in side elevation with ends ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7168582 | Plastic container having a handle and label panels The container includes a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the lower base, and an upper portion extending upwardly from the sidewall. The upper portion includes at least one opening therein. Two label ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163123 | Implosion resistant container The present invention overcomes many of the shortcomings inherent in previous containers for packaging potato chips and/or crisps, corn based chips and/or crisps, cookies and the like. The improved implosion-resistant container of the present invention utilizes flow... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159729 | Rib truss for container A container is disclosed. The container may be a hot-fill container having an improved geometry. The container may comprise a base, a body portion attached to the base and a concave waist attached to the body portion and having a surface. The surface including a plu... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152766 | Metal re-sealable beverage container with pour spout An all-metal beverage can with a pour spout is disclosed. The can includes a can body for containing a beverage and a closure member. The closure contains a metal pour spout and a cap covering the pour spout. The pour spout and cap are in a recessed condition within... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137520 | Container having pressure responsive panels A container, suitable as a hot-fill container, includes a controlled deflection flex panel which may invert and flex under pressure, such as hot-fill conditions, to avoid deformation and permanent buckling of the container. The flex panel includes an initiator porti... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7114626 | Synthetic resin container having a rectangular tubular shape In a bottle-shaped synthetic resin container having a body part of substantially rectangular tubular shape, groove ribs, having a comparatively wide vertical groove form, are depressingly provided at the centers in the width direction of flat wall portions of should... | 10/03/2006 |
