Title:
HOT-FILL CONTAINER HAVING FLAT PANELS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/090659
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A container may employ an upper portion defining a mouth, a shoulder portion formed with the upper portion and extending away from the upper portion, a bottom portion forming a base, a sidewall extending between and joining the shoulder portion and the bottom portion, and a plurality of smooth surfaced vacuum panels formed in the sidewall, which may be separated by one or more strengthening grooves. The vacuum panels and/or the container in a profile view may form an hourglass shape. The container may also employ a sidewall utilizing three smooth, grooveless, vacuum panels, which may form a triangle in cross-section. The vacuum panels may be concave inward toward a central vertical axis of the container and have an hourglass shape when the container is viewed in a side view.
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Inventors:
STRASSER WALTER J (US)
PHILIP BRADLEY S (US)
STEIH RICHARD J (US)
RANGLER RICHARD K (US)
CASZATT BRAD (US)
SIMON JOHN B (US)
PHILIP BRADLEY S (US)
STEIH RICHARD J (US)
RANGLER RICHARD K (US)
CASZATT BRAD (US)
SIMON JOHN B (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2010/061509
Publication Date:
October 06, 2011
Filing Date:
December 21, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AMCOR LTD (AU)
STRASSER WALTER J (US)
PHILIP BRADLEY S (US)
STEIH RICHARD J (US)
RANGLER RICHARD K (US)
CASZATT BRAD (US)
SIMON JOHN B (US)
STRASSER WALTER J (US)
PHILIP BRADLEY S (US)
STEIH RICHARD J (US)
RANGLER RICHARD K (US)
CASZATT BRAD (US)
SIMON JOHN B (US)
International Classes:
B65D1/02; B65D1/44; B65D23/00
Foreign References:
| US7021479B2 | 2006-04-04 | |||
| US20060175284A1 | 2006-08-10 | |||
| US7178684B1 | 2007-02-20 | |||
| US7080747B2 | 2006-07-25 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SNYDER, Jeffrey L. et al. (Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.,P.O. Box 82, Bloomfield Hills Michigan, US)
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