Abstract: A synthetic resin container including a mouth part 2, a shoulder part 3, a trunk part 4 and a bottom part 5, wherein the trunk part 4 has rectangular cylindrical parts 41 and 42, and a round cylindrical part 43 which is formed by narrowing into a cylindrical shape a region between the upper rectangular cylindrical part 41 positioned near the shoulder part 3 and the lower rectangular cylindrical part 42 positioned near the bottom part 5 side.

Abstract: A one-piece plastic hot-fill container may employ a shoulder portion, a base portion and a sidewall portion, which may be integrally formed with and extend from the shoulder portion to the base portion. The sidewall portion may generally be in an hourglass shape and employ a plurality of arched contour ribs and a plurality of arched contour lands that may alternate along a longitudinal length of the sidewall portion. An outside diameter of an upper body portion is greater than an outside diameter of a lower body portion, which may form a hand grip area. The arched contour ribs may further employ an upper flat wall, a lower flat wall, and an inner curved wall joining the upper and lower walls, which together may form an angle of about 60 degrees, and move in response to hot-fill product contraction within the container or top load forces.

Abstract: A blow molded container has a neck portion defining a mouth. The neck portion leads into a shoulder portion and a bottom portion forms a container base. A sidewall portion connects the shoulder portion and the bottom portion and employs a first pair of opposing convex vacuum panels and a second pair of opposing convex vacuum panels. The first pair of opposing convex vacuum panels is larger in surface area than the second pair of opposing convex vacuum panels. A vertical column at each corner of the container joins the first pair of opposing vacuum panels to the second pair of opposing vacuum panels. A structural convex arch resides above and below each convex vacuum panel. Each of the vertical columns are molded into the structural convex arches. Vacuum initiator grooves may be molded into the first and second pair of opposing vacuum panels to control vacuum panel movement.

Abstract: A method of making a bottle whereby a polylactic acid preform is stretch blow molded into a biodegradable bioresin bottle. An injection molded polylactic acid or polylactide preform having a finish, a transition portion, a body portion, and a closed end cap portion for making a blow molded biodegradable bioresin bottle having a substantially circular cross-section and a substantially elliptical cross-section. A biodegradable bioresin bottle having both substantially circular and substantially elliptical cross-sectional shapes. Hoop stiffness and bottle geometry are utilized to control the bottle shape resulting from deformation caused by vacuum creation as water vapor permeates outwardly through the bottle walls.

Abstract: A thermoplastic container (1) adapted to be filled with a hot liquid, comprising a body (2) having a plurality of recessed panels (3) parallel to the axis (4) of the body and separated by beams (5) parallel to the axis; the panels are arranged on a number of levels (A, B, . . . ), the panels of two consecutive levels being separated by a collar (6) in surface continuity with the beams; each beam is recessed to form a longitudinal central channel section (7), and the channel sections (7) of the beams (5) of the successive levels are connected to one another, in an angularly offset manner from a beam (5) of one level to the consecutive beam (5) of the adjacent level, by strongly inclined channel sections (8) extending in the collars (6), channel sections (7, 8) forming channels configured as parallel successive steps and distributed over the periphery of the body.

Abstract: A fuel bottle 10 for a fuel cell having a bottle main body 12 for containing fuel for a fuel cell and comprising a nozzle portion 11 at the tip portion of the bottle main body 12 on which a coupler for connecting with a main body of a fuel cell can be attached and a trunk portion having a generally elliptic shape in cross section and having been formed by blow molding. In this bottle 10, length L1 in one direction of minor axis from the center On of the nozzle portion of the elliptic shape in cross section differs from length L2 in the other direction of the minor axis from the center On of the nozzle portion. By this structure, a moving space of a push button when the fuel bottle 10 is housed in a hard case can be secured while necessary capacity of the fuel bottle 10 is secured.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are beverage bottles that incorporate one or more of: fins that are molded in, attached individually or in a finned section; a base section adapting a finned bottle for transport in a track or conveyor of bottling machinery; aerodynamic noses and nosecones, attachable to the neck or bottom of a bottle or other location, optionally holding an object, prize or additive, also optionally acting as a stand for the bottle; a production sleeve permitting transport through a track or conveyor; noses, fins and finned sections that are reversible; a crush zone for absorbing impact energy; a pump for providing thrust or structural pressure, some incorporated into the bottle product and others provided externally, and for launchable products, nozzles and mechanisms for containing thrust pressure. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.

Abstract: The technical problem to be solved by this invention is to design a bottle shape that improves the bottle rigidity and strength in the lateral direction, without increasing the cost of material required to thicken the bottle wall. The object of this invention is to provide a synthetic resin bottle at a low cost in such a way that the bottles can be used smoothly on the carrier line, in the vending machines, and in storage on the stacks with no deformation, and are capable of performing a vacuum-absorbing function enough to be used in hot filling. Multiple pillar sections in a projected strip-like shape are disposed on the body of a synthetic resin bottle, wherein the pillar sections are inclined spirally at a uniform angle of gradient (?) relative to central axis of the bottle and disposed in parallel to one another, so that the cylindrical body wall is prevented from being deformed by the pressure force that acts in a lateral direction.

Abstract: A plastic container, especially suitable for long-term storage of beverages that are hot filled into the containers, having in one embodiment four relatively flat vacuum panels, having in another embodiment a seven layer polymeric material with a nylon interior layer, and having in another embodiment a combination of the other embodiments.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for constructing a container for storage and transport and may be entirely biodegradable and/or recyclable. The body of the container and/or bottle may be manufactured from paper pulp and assembled from a plurality of dissimilar parts made of a biodegradable plastic resin and assembled to form a container and/or bottle. The paper pulp may be treated inside and outside to make it water and air tight but when exposed to extreme biodegrading influences it may breakdown into compostable material.

Abstract: A collapsible bottle is particularly useful as a beverage bottle such as a water bottle or soda bottle which can be collapsed after its contents are emptied in order to reduce its volume whereby the collapsed bottle takes up less space in trash receptacles, recycling bins and so forth. Grooves are formed in the bottle to facilitate its collapse and visual indicators on the bottle suggest to the user the need to collapse the bottle. These visual indicators may include arrows, fingertip indentations, outwardly projecting ridges or other structures. In one embodiment, annular groove walls define annular grooves in which interruption members are disposed to interrupt the continuity of the grooves. Break spaces may be provided which interrupt the continuity of the groove walls to facilitate collapse of the bottle.

Abstract: A collapsible bottle is particularly useful as a beverage bottle such as a water bottle or soda bottle which can be collapsed after its contents are emptied in order to reduce its volume whereby the collapsed bottles take up less space in trash receptacles, recycling bins and so forth. Diagonal and typically spiraling grooves are formed in the bottle to facilitate its collapse. Visual indicators on the bottle are intended to suggest to the user the need to collapse the bottle. These visual indicators may include arrows. Fingertip indentations or other grip surfaces are typically provided for rotating the bottle to facilitate its collapse.

Abstract: A disposable wall mountable liquid container has an elongated polymer bottle having an internal cavity and a neck forming an opening on one end portion. An elongated depression is formed into one side thereof and shaped to form a suction cup having a flexible surrounding edge protruding therefrom of a material different from that of the bottle.

Abstract: A collapsible container consists of three parts: a rigid top rim, a flexible center band, and a rigid base. This combination of sections allows the container to easily collapse to about one-third of its original height. The container is also quite stable when expanded and is self-supporting. In various embodiments of the invention, for example, the upper rim may be expandable, the base may include holes or mesh to serve as a colander or strainer, or the base may be configured as a tube to function as a funnel.

Abstract: A hot fill container of the type that is used package fruit juices and other beverages includes a vacuum panel configuration that provides optimal volumetric efficiency, material usage and container strength and is particularly suited for use with smaller containers. The vacuum panel configuration includes a plurality of cageless vacuum panels that are separated by longitudinally extending outwardly projecting creases that are defined in a sidewall of the container. This arrangement maximizes the effective surface area of the vacuum panels relative to the external surface area of the container. Each of the longitudinally extending outwardly projecting creases has a curved outer surface that is convex when viewed in longitudinal cross-section. The cageless vacuum panels are constructed and arranged to be convexly curved when a pressure within the container is equal to an external pressure, but become concavely curved when a predetermined partial vacuum condition exists within said container.

Abstract: A hot-fill container may have a shoulder portion, body portion, bottom portion, and numerous strengthening grooves and a thin-walled, flexible, bag-like, collapsible portion in the body portion. The collapsible portion may be located between the strengthening ribs. The container structure may also employ one or more vacuum panels in the body portion that may lie between the collapsible portion and the bottom portion. The vacuum panels and the collapsible body portion may move toward a central vertical axis when the container is subjected to an internal vacuum pressure. Strengthening grooves may border the collapsible body portion, which may be circular in pre-vacuum cross-section but polygonal in post-vacuum cross-section. Part of the collapsible portion may be concave inward toward a central vertical axis of the container while part of the collapsible portion may move away from the central vertical axis. Vertical columns may support the collapsible portion.

Abstract: Thermoplastic container (1) which after filling and sealing is able to withstand without any substantial deformation to an internal pressure lower than atmospheric pressure, comprising a body (2) with substantially cylindrical upper (3) and lower (4) parts and an intermediate part (5) having a curvilinear triangular cross section and comprising three main faces (6a, 6b, 6c) joined by three edges (7a, 7b, 7c); these edges are rounded, having continuous curvature, joined tangentially to the main faces and have radii of curvature (ra, rb, rc) comprised between approximately 5% and 35% of the largest dimension (D) of the cross section of the lower part (3); the main faces have radii of curvature (Ra, Rb, Rc) greater than the largest dimension (D) of the cross section of the lower part (3).

Abstract: In preferred embodiments there are provided containers such as bottles comprising at least one layer made from a foamable material comprising a polymeric carrier material and microspheres which expand during heat treatment to form the foam. The articles may be mono and multilayer. The articles can be formed by various methods.

Abstract: A one-piece plastic container includes a body that defines a longitudinal axis and has an upper portion, a sidewall portion, and a base portion. The upper portion defines an opening into the container. The sidewall portion is integrally formed with and extends from the upper portion to the base portion. The base portion closes off an end of the container. The one-piece plastic container is formed from resin having an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of about 0.73 or less.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are aerodynamic beverage bottles that incorporate fins or protrusions that are molded in to a bottle sidewall, having concavities or valleys between those fins or protrusions that are reinforced to be stiff and otherwise resisting deformation from, for example, pressures generated within the bottle. The sidewall in the region of the fins, protrusions, valleys or concavities may be thinner than other parts of the bottle; fins may be located on one end of a bottle which is thinner than the other end. Such a bottle may have a cylindrical section to which a label may be attached. Such a bottle may be blow-molded. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are aerodynamic beverage bottles that incorporate fins or protrusions that are molded in to a bottle sidewall, having concavities or valleys between those fins or protrusions that are reinforced to be stiff and otherwise resisting deformation from, for example, pressures generated within the bottle. The sidewall in the region of the fins, protrusions, valleys or concavities may be thinner than other parts of the bottle; fins may be located on one end of a bottle which is thinner than the other end. Such a bottle may have a cylindrical section to which a label may be attached. Such a bottle may be blow-molded. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.

Abstract: There is provided a synthetic resin bottle having high commercial value, which prevents plastic deformation accompanied with buckling. The invention provides a PET bottle comprising a body portion connected to a mouth portion via a shoulder portion, and a constricted portion provided on the body portion and looping along the circumferential direction. The body portion comprises a front wall and a back wall which face to each other, a left sidewall and a right sidewall which face to each other, and connecting portion which respectively join the walls. The cross section of the body portion along the circumferential direction a generally polygonal outer profile.

Abstract: A hot fill container of the type that is used package fruit juices and other beverages includes a vacuum panel configuration that provides optimal volumetric efficiency, material usage and container strength and is particularly suited for use with smaller containers. The vacuum panel configuration includes a plurality of cageless vacuum panels that are separated by longitudinally extending outwardly projecting creases that are defined in a sidewall of the container. This arrangement maximizes the effective surface area of the vacuum panels relative to the external surface area of the container. Each of the longitudinally extending outwardly projecting creases has a curved outer surface that is convex when viewed in longitudinal cross-section. The cageless vacuum panels are constructed and arranged to be convexly curved when a pressure within the container is equal to an external pressure, but become concavely curved when a predetermined partial vacuum condition exists within said container.

Abstract: A plastic refillable bottle and a plastic screw-on closure for the bottle, the bottle having a one-piece molded hollow body and integral neck, the walls of the body and neck being of generally uniform thickness, the neck having an opening through which material in the bottle passes when being dispensed and being formed with a helical thread, the closure being configured to extend across the bottle mouth and having a skirt for overlying the bottle neck, the closure skirt having a thread complementary to the thread on the neck and enabling the closure to be tightened onto the neck and effect a seal adequate to avoid excessive leakage of the contents out of the bottle through an interface between the skirt and neck, interior surfaces of the bottle and closure including the areas of the bottle and closure forming the respective threads being devoid of concave surface areas with a radius smaller than about ?? at corners forming an angle of less than 135°.

Abstract: There is provided a synthetic resin bottle in which an amorphous carbon film having good appearance without forming the brown mottled pattern on the surface thereof is deposited. The present invention provides a bottle 1 having a mouth portion 2, a shoulder portion 3, a body portion 4 and a bottom portion 5 in which an amorphous carbon film 7 is deposited on the inner surfaces f1-f5 of the mouth portion 2, the shoulder portion 3, the body portion 4 and the bottom portion 5 by supplying C2H2 gas. When the height position ?1 of the shoulder portion 3 in the direction toward the mouth portion 2 along the bottle axis O from the position X2 at which the inner diameter of the shoulder portion 3 is maximal is within the area whose height is not more than 70% the total height 1 of the shoulder portion 3 along the bottle axis O, the amorphous carbon film 7 on the shoulder portion 3 within the above range of height position is formed so that the thickness thereof is not less than 0.9 times but not more than 1.

Abstract: A parison is described, as also is a method for the production of plastics bottles, in particular PET bottles, this having a rigid, substantially elongate body (2), which has a base (5) at one of its ends. At its opposite end, the body (2) of the parison (1) adjoins a neck section (3) which has been provided with a pouring aperture (6) and which is separated from the body (2) via a radially protruding, flange-like support ring (4), and which has a parison shoulder (A) below the support ring (4). The parison (1) has an external diameter of from 17.4 mm to 21.4 mm measured at the transition of the body (2) to the base (5), its wall thickness at that point being from 3.4 mm to 4.4 mm. The parison (1) also has a wall thickness of from 1.4 mm to 2.2 mm at the parison shoulder (A). The external diameter of the parison shoulder (A) has been judged in such a way that its separation (d) from the blow moulding wall (12) is from 1.2 mm to 3 mm when the parison (1) is inserted into the blow mould (10).

Abstract: An endoscope cleaning and disinfecting apparatus of the present invention includes: a bottle body, including, a rigid portion with a mouth portion, and a deformable portion which is in a first shape while the disinfectant being stored therein and is deformable from the first shape to a second shape upon being compressed when the disinfectant is discharged therefrom; and a disinfectant tray having a housing section which can be pulled out of the apparatus body and into which the bottle body is housed, the disinfectant tray being provided with a housing space for a first slide member which allows the housing section to slide relative to the apparatus body and a housing space for a second slide member which is slidable relative to the first slide member.

Abstract: A blow-molded container has a body portion extending upward from a base. A shoulder portion extends upward and axially inward above an upper margin of the side wall to a finish defining an opening adapted to accept a closure. Horizontal linear segments are joined end to end to define a waist of polygonal cross-section. Each linear segment joins a pair of vertically diverging surfaces, the surfaces having lateral edges. A protruding panel is situated between the lateral edges of each horizontally adjacent pair of diverging surfaces. The panel includes a dimple that can act as a deflection initiation point, with any vacuum induced deflection progressively expanding laterally and axially in response to increasing vacuum within the container.

Abstract: A container including a metal sidewall is provided. The metal sidewall includes a first end; a second end; a center portion having a principal width; a first feature positioned between the center portion and the first end, the first feature extending from the sidewall such that the maximum width of the sidewall at the first feature is greater than the principal width; and a second feature positioned between the center portion and the second end, the second feature extending from the sidewall such that the maximum width of the sidewall at the second feature is greater than the principal width. The container further includes a first bead located in the center portion of the sidewall; and a second bead located in the center portion of the sidewall.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a container and a method of making a container. In one example, the container includes an upper portion having a finish defining a longitudinal axis and an opening into the container. A shoulder region is integrally formed with and extends from the upper portion. A sidewall portion extends from the shoulder region to a base portion. A tamper evident (TE) band is formed on the finish and defines an outermost surface of the plastic container above the shoulder region. A neck defining a cylindrical sidewall is integrally formed with and extends between the finish and the shoulder region. The neck defines a uniform cylindrical sidewall along its entire height between the finish and the shoulder region. The container further includes a debossed support flange defined on the upper portion. The debossed support flange defines a diameter less than a diameter defined by the TE band.

Abstract: The present invention provides synthetic resin thin-walled bottle container (10, 20, 30) including a mouth portion (11) for filling or discharging contents, a body portion (12, 22, 32) extending from the mouth portion (11) along the center axis (A) of the container, and a heel portion (H10, H20, H30) provided at the bottom part (13, 23, 33) of the body portion (12, 22, 32) for placing, thereon, the body portion (12, 22, 32) in a self-supporting manner. The heel portion (H10, H20, H30, H40) includes a sidewall (14, 24, 34) formed of a curved surface (R11, R21, R31) that is recessed toward the inside of the container (10). Thus, even with a reduced amount of the resin, the container (10, 20, 30) can be stably self-supported without causing inclination or buckling at the heel portion (H10, H20, H30), under a load applied in the center axis (A) direction thereof.

Abstract: The synthetic resin container according to the present invention has a waist dividing a container main body portion into upper and lower parts, wherein the waist is formed on an annular groove surrounding the main body portion to as to be convex toward the interior of the container. The annular groove has reinforcing ribs with a level higher than a groove bottom of the annular groove and lower than the surface of the main body portion. The container main body portion includes reinforcing lateral ribs each having a concave portion which is positioned at the same level as a surface of the container, which or forms a slight step relative to the surface of the container. The main body portion has a plurality of ridges converging toward the associated central convergent point, respectively, thereby defining multi-faceted concave walls inclined toward the associated convergent points, respectively.

Abstract: A slender synthetic resin heat-resistant bottle type container having a circumferential draw ratio of 2.8 or less, for example, comprises at least one pressure reduction absorbing panel (5) provided at a container body part, wherein the pressure reduction absorbing panel is provided with at least one convex portion (6) having a width larger at a lower side than at an upper side as viewed in a circumferential direction of the container. Alternatively, each pressure reduction absorbing panel has a border line bulged toward a container bottom part. This causes a resin to be smoothly stretched even at mold surface portions corresponding to concave and convex portions of a container body part surface upon blow molding. These avoid a defective appearance of the container and do not adversely affect heat resistance thereof.

Abstract: A container can have a body with an integrally formed base attached to the body. The base includes a concave annular wall extending from the container sidewall to a standing surface, and an inner wall extending from the standing surface to a substantially flat inner annular wall. The inner annular wall is recessed in the base and is substantially perpendicular to the container sidewall. The inner annular wall includes a centrally located dimple. The dimple includes a plurality of spaced apart and radially extending indented ribs. One or more of the ribs extend radially into a brace that tapers to meet the inner annular wall.

Abstract: A neck ring for a glass container forming machine includes two neck ring sections each consisting essentially of a neck ring body and an insert on the body. The inserts have opposed surfaces for forming closure attachment features on a container neck finish molded in the neck ring. Each neck ring body is of die-formed powder metal construction and is set around the associated insert. The inserts preferably form the entire glass-contacting portion of the neck ring. The neck ring bodies preferably are of sintered bronze or steel construction, and the inserts preferably are of nickel, bronze or steel construction. The body and insert preferably are sintered together for a metallurgical bond.

Abstract: A lightweight container includes an enclosed base, an upper portion that extends upwardly to a finish; and a body located between the base and the upper portion. The sidewall includes vacuum compensation elements that have an open end and an opposing closed end, and that form a V-shape. Each element has nested fields.

Abstract: There is provided a multilayer bottle comprising a barrel portion including an outermost layer, an innermost layer and at least one barrier layer interposed between the outermost layer and the innermost layer, which satisfies the requirements represented by the following formulae (1) to (3) at the same time: OTR?0.2 cc·mm/(m2·day·atm)??(1) where OTR represents an average oxygen transmission rate of the barrier layer of the barrel portion; 20?(Average degree of orientation of barrier layer of barrel portion)?45; and??(2) 0?b/a?100?200??(3) where “a” represents an average thickness (?m) of the barrier layer of the barrel portion; and “b” represents an average thickness (?m) of the barrier layer of a bottom portion of the bottle. The multilayer bottle is free from delamination owing to impact upon dropping even when the bottle is formed with irregularities and bends and therefore exhibits a large freedom of design choice.

Abstract: A bottle-shaped container having an integral channel which forms a handle.

Abstract: The convertible child-resistant vial comprises a container having and aperture and a peripheral wall and being provided with a first connection element in the form of contiguous locking and freeing housings provided in a collar extending from the peripheral wall; and a cap hingedly mounted to the container integrally thereof and including a second connection element for cooperating with the first connection element to close the vial in a child safe-manner. The second connection element is in the form of a tooth which is easily removable to convert the child-resistant vial into a non-child-resistant vial. The vial can be molded in a one piece body. The integral mounting of the cap to the container allows easing the distribution and handling of the vial.

Abstract: Collapsible bottles and methods of using the collapsible bottles are provided. In an embodiment, the collapsible bottle comprises a top panel having a neck, a middle panel foldable along a fold between the top panel and the middle panel, and a bottom panel comprising a bottom surface defining a molded recess so constructed and arranged for receiving a neck of a second bottle within the molded recess. The bottom panel is foldable along a fold between the middle panel and the bottom panel. The bottle is foldable into a collapsed position wherein the top panel folds into the middle panel and the middle panel folds into the bottom panel.

Abstract: The plastic container according to the present disclosure is an aesthetically pleasing plastic container suitable for premium hot fill beverages, such as teas and fruit juices. The plastic container defines a body and includes an upper portion having a finish. Integrally formed with the finish and extending downward therefrom is a shoulder region. The shoulder region merges into and provides a transition between the finish and a first vacuum absorbing region. The first vacuum absorbing region merges into a waist region. The waist region merges into a second vacuum absorbing region. The second vacuum absorbing region transitions into a base portion having a base.

Abstract: A plastic container includes an upper portion having a mouth defining an opening into the container. A shoulder region extends from the upper portion. A sidewall portion extends between the shoulder region and a base portion. The base portion closes off an end of the container. A vacuum panel region defined in part by at least two vacuum panels. Each of the vacuum panels are movable to accommodate vacuum forces generated within the container resulting from heating and cooling of its contents. The vacuum panel region occupies an area outboard of the sidewall portion.

Abstract: A plastic container (10) that exhibits an optimal ratio of hoop strength to top load strength includes a finish portion (12) and generally cylindrical main body portion (14). The main body portion includes a sidewall (16) that has a first plurality of generally vertical ribs (18, 20, 21, 24) defined therein. In addition, a second plurality of generally horizontal wave (26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36) shaped ribs is defined in the sidewall. The generally horizontal wave shaped ribs intersect with the generally vertical ribs, thereby imparting enhanced strength characteristics to the container (10).

Abstract: A beverage container or plastic bottle that allows easy label or film removal is provided. The beverage container includes a shoulder portion, a base portion, a body portion extending between the shoulder portion and the base portion, the body portion having a reinforcing concave rib circumferentially formed on the body portion, the concave rib having an asymmetrical shape at a vertical cross-section of the concave rib, and a heat shrink film disposed over the body portion, the heat shrink film having an edge disposed over the concave rib.

Abstract: A synthetic resin bottle includes a body having an upper end and a lower end and a plane cross-sectional shape of a circle, the circle being out-of-round over substantially an entire height of the body. The body includes crests disposed at three or more points on a circumference of the circle at substantially a same interval, wherein a central angle (?) position of each crest fluctuates similarly vertically along the height of the body. The body also includes support ridges formed by the crests in sigmoid curves and disposed at least in three substantially parallel rows at a same interval and panels disposed between adjacent support ridges and provided with slightly swelled panel walls that are reversibly deformable into a dented shape, as seen in cross-sectional plan views.

Abstract: The invention provides a roller bottle for cell growth culturing including a plurality of axial pleats therearound for increasing cell growth surface area and further including circumferential ribs integrally formed therewith for reinforcing the pleated wall structure. These circumferential ribs prevent the bottle walls from bowing outward when the inside of the bottle becomes pressurized during cell growth culturing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container (1) for a liquid or viscous product, comprising a substantially ovoid or spherical container body (2) having a diameter D1, and a neck (3) having a diameter D2, said neck comprising a dispensing opening and means for allowing closing means to be attached thereto, D1 being greater than D2, said container (1) being made out of semi-cristalline PET, the walls of 10 said container body (2) having a thickness inferior or equal to 100 ?m at least in the middle-height region of said container. In a highly preferred embodiment of the invention, the container body comprises at least two opposite flat, substantially vertical, surfaces (8), and a flat, substantially horizontal, surface (9) located opposite the neck and forming a bottom side.

Abstract: An arrangement comprising an open-ended container (2) and closure (10) therefor, wherein the container comprises at least one projection (6) extending at least partially its open, upper end, and wherein the closure comprises a cover for extending over the open upper end and a skirt depending therefrom having an upper (18) and a lower portion (20), whereby, the lower portion of the skirt may be flipped and removal of the cover on the container and a lowered configuration in which it engages with the projection of the container thereby to retain the cover on the container, and wherein the lower portion of the skirt is divided into at least two discrete peripheral sections that may be flipped between the raised and lowered configurations independently of each other.

Abstract: An injection stretch blow molding process for making containers from a polylactic acid resin. In one aspect the process comprises molding the polylactic acid resin into a perform, applying heat to the perform, stretching and blowing the perform in axial and radial dimensions in order to form a preliminary molded container, conditioning the molded container pursuant to a first conditioning method, conditioning the molded container pursuant to a second conditioning method, and stretching and blowing the molded container in order to form a final molded container. Relatively rigid bottles constructed in accordance with one or more processes disclosed herein are also contemplated.

Abstract: A plastic container is disclosed comprising a base portion for supporting the container on a surface, an upper portion, and a body portion. The upper portion includes a neck and a dispensing opening. The body portion extends between the base portion and the neck, the body portion including a shoulder portion below the neck portion and a sidewall portion between the shoulder portion and the base portion. The body portion includes at least one elongated vertical formation that substantially extends along the sidewall portion from the base portion toward the shoulder portion, the elongated vertical portion being continuous along at least 0.60 the total height of the container.