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Round type hot fillable container with deformable label panel

US7416090B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims
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Filing dateOct 8, 2004
Grant dateAug 26, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D1/42
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved hot fillable container includes a bottom and a sidewall connected with the bottom so as to define an internal space. The sidewall is shaped so as to define in transverse cross-section in at least one location a substantially circular outer circumference. The sidewall further includes first and second convex label panel portions each having a convexly curved outer surface. Advantageously, the sidewall is constructed and arranged so that deformation of the sidewall in response to a partial vacuum condition within the internal space will occur primarily in the convex label panel portions. The structure permits the hot fillable container to be constructed without the use of concave vacuum panel portions.

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