Patent · US Active

Container having pressure responsive panels

US7694842B2 · kind B2 · utility

48Cited by

22References

19Claims

0Family size

Inventor

David Murray Melrose · Utrecht, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 27, 2006
Grant date	Apr 13, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 10, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65D2501/0081
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A container, suitable as a hot-fill container, includes a controlled deflection flex panel which may invert and flex under pressure, such as hot-fill conditions, to avoid deformation and permanent buckling of the container. The flex panel includes an initiator portion which has a lesser projection than the remainder of the flex panel and initiates deflection of the flex panel.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.