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Plastic container for pressurized fluids

US4978015A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 1990
Grant dateDec 18, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 10, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D1/0284
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A blow-molded plastic container having a body comprising a neck portion, a generally cylindrical sidewall portion and a bottom structure. The bottom structure comprises a central portion, a plurality of ribs extending downwardly from the bottle sidewall to the central portion, and a plurality of feet extending below the central portion from the sidewall portion. The ribs are defined by an upper curvilinear surface and, in cross-section are of an substantially U-shape having a relatively tight radius, the upper rib surfaces lying on a generally hemispherical curvature in the interior of said container. Each foot is positioned between two ribs and has a pair of rib-defining endwalls connected to and continuous with the ribs on each side of a curvilinear outer wall connected to and continuous with the sidewall portion, a generally horizontal base surface joined to said outer wall, a generally vertical first inner surface forming a lip extending upwardly from the base surface, and a second inner surface extending from the lip to the central portion.

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