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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7472800 | Bottom profile for drawn and ironed can body Drawn and ironed aluminum can bodies are made from aluminum having a gauge thickness of 0.01075 inches or less, in which the bottom profile meets customer requirements for bottom performance in terms of buckle, drop and growth, without requiring the bottom profile t... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7441675 | Flexible panel pitcher A container or pitcher is provided having a flexible side wall portion and rim portion of the container which can conform to the shape of an object to which the pitcher is applied to thereby direct fluid flow from the pitcher over a broader area and to prevent fluid... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7416089 | Hot-fill type plastic container with reinforced heel An improved hot-fill type container that has particular utility for use with the nitrogen dosing hot-fill process includes a finish portion, a main body portion and a base portion having a pushup area and a chime that is situated about the pushup area for supporting... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7398894 | Container bottom, method of manufacture, and method of testing The invention includes a novel profile for a container bottom. The bottom structure includes a domed central panel attached at its outside edge to a downwardly projecting substantially cylindrical inner leg portion the inner leg portion is attached to a generally se... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395686 | Bottom profile for drawn and ironed can body Drawn and ironed aluminum can bodies are made from aluminum having a gauge thickness of 0.01075 inches or less, in which the bottom profile meets customer requirements for bottom performance in terms of buckle, drop and growth, without requiring the bottom profile t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7350392 | Can end A can end member has a center panel, a circumferential chuck wall, a transition wall, and a curl. The center panel is centered about a longitudinal axis and has a peripheral edge. The center panel has a peripheral edge. At least a portion of the peripheral edge incl... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7287658 | Container having a base with a convex dome and method of use A polymeric container for holding a fluid and a gas includes a specially designed base. The base includes an annular outer ridge connected to a convex dome by a flexible annular joint. During a hot fill operation, the structure of the base resists outward deformatio... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7198163 | Plastic blow molded freestanding container A plastic blow molded container (10) is disclosed as including a freestanding base structure (20) that is constructed with a plurality of alternating hollow legs (22) and curved ribs (34), and a hub (41) from which the legs and rib... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7150372 | Container base structure responsive to vacuum related forces A plastic container having a base portion adapted for vacuum pressure absorption. The base portion including a contact ring upon which the container is supported, an upstanding wall and a central portion. The upstanding wall being adjacent to and generally circumscr... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7090091 | Large volume container for holding liquid media A large-volume container for holding liquid media is composed of two shell-like end parts each having a ring-shaped flat contact surface, and at least one sleeve-like middle part composed of two ring segments and provided with two ring-shaped flat contact surfaces a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7055711 | Bottle-shaped container made of synthetic resin A container has a grounding portion that is free from sink and can prevent sink from occurring, so that it can secure its self-standing ability. The bottle-shaped container made of synthetic resin comprising a neck, a body and a bottom, said bottom including a groun... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051889 | Thermoplastic container whereof the base comprises a cross-shaped impression A thermoplastic container obtained by blow-molding of a preform, with a base including in its central part a multiple-branch cross-shaped impression provided with a central recess from which radial branches radiate; the base is of the petal-shaped type with at least... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7017763 | Base having a flexible vacuum area A non-round base structure for a hot-fill plastic container provides the container with enhanced structural integrity. The base structure is roughly rectangular and is composed of a flexible vacuum absorbing area and a bearing edge which support the container in an ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6959577 | Method and apparatus for reforming and reprofiling a bottom portion of a container A reforming assembly for simultaneously reforming and reprofiling a bottom portion of a metallic container is provided. The reforming assembly generally includes a roller block having a pair of reform rollers and two pairs of outside reprofile rollers. A biasing mea... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953116 | Stackable tray having prestressed sections A tray having prestress sections including a domed shaped bottom and a merchandising window. The window includes a surface parallel to the dome shaped bottom. When the tray is subjected to a load, the dome and the surface of the merchandising window become substanti... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6942116 | Container base structure responsive to vacuum related forces A plastic container having a base portion adapted for vacuum pressure absorption. The base portion including a contact ring upon which the container is supported, an upstanding wall and a central portion. The upstanding wall being adjacent to and generally circumscr... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6908002 | Plastic blow molded freestanding container A plastic blow molded container (10) is disclosed as including a freestanding base structure (20) that is constructed with a plurality of alternating hollow legs (22) and curved ribs (34), and a hub (41) from which the legs and rib... | 06/21/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6769561 | Plastic bottle with champagne base A molded plastic bottle has a base having an outside surface rotationally symmetric about a longitudinal axis of the bottle including a convex heel and a central concavity separated by a standing ring supporting the bottle on an underlying surface. The convex heel h... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6763968 | Base portion of a plastic container A plastic container for receiving a commodity and retaining the commodity during high-temperature pasteurization and subsequent cooling that includes an upper portion, a sidewall portion, and a base portion. The upper portion defines an aperture and is sealable with... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6659298 | Polyester beer bottle A polyester beer bottle comprising a bottleneck, a body and a bottom of the bottle, which are once blown and shaped with polyester blank, in which arc portion in a vertical section extended from the joint of shaped bottom and body of the bottle to a plane... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6626324 | Plastic container having a crystallinity gradient A plastic container including a portion of a sidewall having an interior surface with an interior crystallinity, and an exterior surface with an exterior crystallinity. The interior crystallinity is greater than the exterior crystallinity. The higher crys... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6612451 | Multi-functional base for a plastic, wide-mouth, blow-molded container A blow molded container having a multi-functional base which enables use of the container in both hot-fill operations and pasteurization/retort operations and enables efficient vertical stacking of like containers. To this end, a portion of the base is ca... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6595380 | Container base structure responsive to vacuum related forces A plastic container having a base portion adapted for vacuum absorption. The base portion including a ring upon which the container is supported, an upstanding wall and a recessed portion. The upstanding wall being adjacent to and generally circumscribing... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6460714 | Pasteurization panels for a plastic container A sidewall portion for a plastic container used to receive a commodity and to retain the commodity during high temperature pasteurization and after cooling. The plastic container has an upper portion defining an aperture sealed by a closure, a lower porti... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6372318 | Method of forming container with high-crystallinity sidewall and low-crystallinity base A method of making a polyester container having an enhanced level of crystallinity in the sidewall while maintaining a low level of crystallinity in a thickened base portion. The container is particularly useful as a refillable container which can withsta... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6296139 | Can manufacturing apparatus, can manufacturing method, and can A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a can having a can body including a dome section and an annular projection. The dome section is formed on a bottom of the can and is recessed inwardly of the can body. The annular projection is formed around a p... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6223931 | Closure end made of sheet A closure end is provided, particularly made of sheet material for beverage cans, in which an annular fringe region is radially coupled between the central panel portion and a radius of curvature coupled to a core groove with an inner leg. The central pan... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6182852 | Container and method of manufacture The invention includes a novel profile for a container bottom and method of manufacturing the improved bottom. The improvement involves the creation of an additional angled portion in the inner leg area of a container bottom during the formation of the bo... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6138899 | Inserted lid, box with said lid and process for the production of said lid An inserted lid (1) for a box (2) is formed so that a contact region (5) can be pressed against the inside of the side wall of the box. In the non-inserted state, said side wall is slightly larger than the box opening (4). On insertion of the lid (1) into... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6116500 | Composite container A container for containing a food product and an ancillary product is provided, which includes a tubular body formed of a paperboard material, at least one retaining rim formed by bending one of the ends of the tubular body radially inwardly, and a cup fo... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6077554 | Controlled growth can with two configurations A drawn and ironed can having a generally cylindrical side wall and an integral bottom including two annular rims is provided. The bottom of the can has a reduced volume configuration, wherein the upright can rests on an outer annular rim known as the hee... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6053400 | Container having expanding or contracting end closure A container has a movable end closure for accommodating expansion or contraction of the product packaged therein. The container includes a hollow body portion with opposed open ends and an inside surface and an end closure positioned at each of the open e... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6044996 | Hot fill container A hot fill container formed from a polymeric material is disclosed. The container comprises a base (4), a body (2), and a neck (1), wherein the body (2) comprises an odd number of spaced-apart panels (5) that are responsive to internal pressure changes in... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5829614 | Method of forming container with high-crystallinity sidewall and low-crystallinity base A method of making a polyester container having an enhanced level of crystallinity in the sidewall while maintaining a low level of crystallinity in a thickened base portion. The container is particularly useful as a refillable container which can withsta... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5813561 | Sanitary beverage can lid This invention comprises a sanitary beverage can lid wherein the center platform of the lid including the pull tab is raised from below the rim of the can as in conventional cans to a position close to or slightly above the rim of the can. The center plat... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5804237 | Method of and package for sterilized edible material A thin walled, easily crushable container with an integral or seamed-on bottom is filled with an edible material which requires sterilization. The empty container has one end attached or integral that may have a concave slope relative to the inside of the... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5730314 | Controlled growth can with two configurations A drawn and ironed can having a generally cylindrical side wall and an integral bottom including two annular rims is provided. The bottom of the can has a reduced volume configuration, wherein the upright can rests on an outer annular rim known as the hee... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5727710 | Gas-tight container Gas-tight container featuring an outer shell of metal or metal and plastic or metal and cellulose-containing material, a base, a lid and at least one side-wall. The container may be e.g. a can with, as viewed in plan view, a polygonal, round or oval cross... | 03/17/1998 |
