Title:
FLEXIBLE STANDING RING FOR HOT-FILL CONTAINER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/109623
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A blow-molded plastic container comprising a base portion having a flexible standing ring radially extending therefrom. The flexible standing ring is disposed about a lowest most portion of the container and operable to support the container on a surface. The flexible standing ring defines an annular groove thereabout that collapses in response to internal vacuum forces and/or external loading forces. The container further comprises a body portion that extends from an upper portion to the base, such that the upper portion, the body portion and the base cooperate to define a receptacle chamber within the container into which product can be filled.
Inventors:
LANE MICHAEL T (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/027034
Publication Date:
March 01, 2012
Filing Date:
March 03, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AMCOR LTD (AU)
LANE MICHAEL T (US)
LANE MICHAEL T (US)
International Classes:
B65D1/42; B65D1/02
Foreign References:
| US20060006133A1 | 2006-01-12 | |||
| EP2316740A1 | 2011-05-04 | |||
| EP0367806B1 | 1993-10-06 | |||
| JP2517132Y2 | 1996-11-13 | |||
| JPH09254947A | 1997-09-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ERJAVAC, Stanley M. et al. (Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.,P.O. Box 82, Bloomfield Hills Michigan, US)
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