Flask

US7686178B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE COCA-COLA COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Robert Grant · Alpharetta, US
• Malcolm Kinmont · Atlanta, US
• Tracy Momany · Sylvania, US
• Daniel L. Witham · Maumee, US
• Jonathan A. McGurk · Toledo, US
• Frank E. Semersky · Maumee, US
• Barbara A. Balyeat · Toledo, US
• Sumit Mukherjee · Sylvania, US
• David Ryan · Beavercreek, US
• Robert J. Groll · Oregon, US
• Martin T. Geithmann · South Hill Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 30, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2501/0081
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A beverage bottle. The bottle may include a flattened upper lobe, a flattened lower lobe, and a substantially circular transitional section. The bottle may be made out of a plastic material.