Carbonated beverage bottle bases and methods of making the same

US10858138B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE COCA-COLA COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Rohit Joshi · Atlanta, US
• Ravi D. Mody · Ann Arbor, US
• David C. Wheelwright · Layton, US
• Roger S. Kerr · Brockport, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 16, 2015
• Grant date: Dec 8, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D85/72
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure provides new carbonated beverage bottle design, particularly carbonated soft drink bottle bases, that can afford improvements in various structural and functional features of the blow molded bottles. The bottle base design can be generated by providing a spherical bottle end cap and extruding at least three (3) feet from the spherical end cap, wherein the center portion of each valley cross section between the extruded feet is convex.