Patent · US Expired

Thermoplastic material container, in particular bottle

US7703618B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 2005
Grant dateApr 27, 2010
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2026

Classification

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

Abstract

A container, in particular a bottle, made of thermoplastic material produced by blow molding or stretch-blow molding of a heated preform, the container designed to contain a liquid being flat and having a substantially domed base with outward-facing cavity defining a substantially planar peripheral annular seat for being set on a support, the base being provided with several grooves radiating from the base center. Each groove in its zone of intersection with the annular seat, has a portion of substantially increased width and the two edges of that portion of the groove are curved with relatively large radii of curvature and with respective concavities facing one another.

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