Recess In Sidewall Patents (Class 215/383)
  • Patent number: 11913600
    Abstract: This present invention relates to a bottle for storing a fluid. The bottle has a geometric shape and features two fastening elements for attaching the bottle to a surface. A first fastening element is present on a side surface and a second fastening element is present on the bottom surface of the bottle. The bottle also features a circular cap with an internal storage to store medication, vitamins, workout supplements, and other similar items. A triangular lid dispenses fluid from a reservoir for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Khurram Raza
  • Patent number: 11884447
    Abstract: A polymeric container including a finish defining an opening of the container. A shoulder of the container is between the finish and a body of the container. A base of the container is at an end of the body opposite to the shoulder. The base is configured to support the container upright. A plurality of body ribs are at the body. A shoulder rib is between the shoulder and the body. The shoulder rib has a maximum height that is about 5 times greater than a maximum depth of the shoulder rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler M. Nunnold, James Stelzer, Jairaj Chetas Desai
  • Patent number: 11541591
    Abstract: When a hollow molded body using a preform to be molded with a thin bottom portion is produced while taking advantage of the roughening of the outer surface of an injection core mold, transferred roughening marks are prevented from appearing on the bottom portion of hollow molded bodies, so that the hollow molded body with an aesthetic bottom portion is obtained. An injection core mold (12) has an outer surface of its tip portion corresponding to a preform bottom portion (10) and a lower end portion (14a) of a preform body portion (14). The outer surface corresponding to the preform bottom portion (10) and the lower end portion (14a) of the preform body portion (14) is a mirror-finished surface (20), and the outer surface of the injection core mold for forming the preform other than the mirror-finished surface is a roughened surface (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Aoki Technical Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventor: Shigeto Aoki
  • Patent number: 11338955
    Abstract: A container for storing a liquid or a solid may include a container body having a container side wall and a container bottom and a container lid having a pop top arm to pivot and cooperate with a weakened area to provide access to the interior of the container body. The container body may be formed from plastic and the container lid is formed from metal, and the container body may include a vertical neck. The container body may include a lip, and the bottom wall may include a center protrusion. The bottom wall may include a depression, and the bottom wall may include a radial extending depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Merrilee Kick
  • Patent number: 11299311
    Abstract: A container (1) including an opening part (2), a shoulder part (3), a barrel part (4), and a bottom part (5), wherein: the shoulder part (3) includes a hem part (30) in which the longitudinal section is curved in a convex arcuate shape toward the outside of the container and which is connected to the barrel part (4); and a plurality of groove parts (31) extending radially from the container-center side toward the outer-peripheral-edge side are formed in the shoulder part (3) so as to extend at least to a position that reaches an upper end edge (UE30) of the hem part (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rika Nagaharu, Kouki Okabe, Takeshi Uchiyama, Ryouta Ishii
  • Patent number: 10934066
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of liquid dispensing container preferably configured as portable, handheld liquid dispensing containers. These liquid dispensing containers possesses a vent structure that provides improved liquid dispensing along with simplified vent construction and container integration. In these regards, these liquid dispensing containers advantageously overcome one or more shortcomings associated conventional liquid dispensing containers and other types of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventor: Patrick Kevin Kelley
  • Patent number: 10883867
    Abstract: The measuring cup includes numerous embodiments configured for a user to precisely determine the cup contents without need to lift the cup to one's eye level or to lower the eye level to the level of the cup contents. The various embodiments include folding cups; cups having transparent passages in the wall; cups having adjustably positionable bottoms; cups having level indicator rods in the cup interior extending upward from the cup bottom; cups having one or more filaments extending across the cup interior; cups having rigid level indicators spanning the cup interior; cups having adjustably positionable level indicator tabs therein; cups having buoyant level indicator tabs adjustably positionable in the cup interior; and cups having removable clip-on scales extending down along the interior of the cup wall, the scales having a plurality of attachment points for the removable attachment of a level indicator tab at a desired attachment point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mohd Aftab Alam, Fahad Ibrahim Al-Jenoobi, Abdullah M. Al-Mohizea
  • Patent number: 10883868
    Abstract: The measuring cup includes numerous embodiments configured for a user to precisely determine the cup contents without need to lift the cup to one's eye level or to lower the eye level to the level of the cup contents. The various embodiments include folding cups; cups having transparent passages in the wall; cups having adjustably positionable bottoms; cups having level indicator rods in the cup interior extending upward from the cup bottom; cups having one or more filaments extending across the cup interior; cups having rigid level indicators spanning the cup interior; cups having adjustably positionable level indicator tabs therein; cups having buoyant level indicator tabs adjustably positionable in the cup interior; and cups having removable clip-on scales extending down along the interior of the cup wall, the scales having a plurality of attachment points for the removable attachment of a level indicator tab at a desired attachment point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mohd Aftab Alam, Fahad Ibrahim Al-Jenoobi, Abdullah M. Al-Mohizea
  • Patent number: 10876877
    Abstract: The measuring cup includes numerous embodiments configured for a user to precisely determine the cup contents without need to lift the cup to one's eye level or to lower the eye level to the level of the cup contents. The various embodiments include folding cups; cups having transparent passages in the wall; cups having adjustably positionable bottoms; cups having level indicator rods in the cup interior extending upward from the cup bottom; cups having one or more filaments extending across the cup interior; cups having rigid level indicators spanning the cup interior; cups having adjustably positionable level indicator tabs therein; cups having buoyant level indicator tabs adjustably positionable in the cup interior; and cups having removable clip-on scales extending down along the interior of the cup wall, the scales having a plurality of attachment points for the removable attachment of a level indicator tab at a desired attachment point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mohd Aftab Alam, Fahad Ibrahim Al-Jenoobi, Abdullah M. Al-Mohizea
  • Patent number: 10737839
    Abstract: A canister and bracket system and method is disclosed. The system including a canister comprising a sidewall defining a first retaining section and a second retaining section disposed less than 180 degrees from the first retaining section and a bracket attachable with the canister. The bracket comprising a first holding feature, a second holding feature, and a connection portion that extends between the first holding feature and the second holding feature. The first holding feature is receivable in the first retaining section and is releasably engagable with the first retaining section of the canister and the second holding feature is receivable in second retaining section and is releasably engagable with the second retaining section of the canister. When the bracket is coupled with and supports the canister, the bracket interfaces with less than 180 degrees of the canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: PROFESSIONAL DISPOSABLES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Mooney
  • Patent number: 10669060
    Abstract: A container of a puncture repair agent includes: a bottomed cylindrical container body to store the puncture repair agent; and a mouth portion provided on the container body, from which the puncture repair agent is pushed out by pressing the container body, wherein the container body is hollow molded into a flat shape and includes a barrel portion, wherein the barrel portion includes a pair of narrow portions facing in a major axis direction, and a pair of wide portions facing in a minor axis direction, and wherein each of the pair of wide portions is provided with a pressing recessed portion capable of being recessed in a concave curved surface shape toward inside of the barrel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Sekiguchi, Ryosuke Oki, Daisuke Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10638748
    Abstract: A vial is described herein that comprises a tubular body which comprises an opened end, a closed end, and a cavity, wherein the opened end is located at one end of the tubular body and the closed end is located at an opposing end of the tubular body. The tubular body further comprises a tear line located therein, wherein the tear line extends across at least a portion of one side of the tubular body, across the closed end, and across at least a portion of another side of the tubular body. In addition, the tubular body further comprises two flanges extending from the closed end, wherein the two flanges are configured to separate from one another outwardly from the tubular body and apply a force to break-open at least a portion of the tear line to open at least the closed end of the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Michael Kurt Schaefer
  • Patent number: 10618694
    Abstract: A handle of the present invention is a handle configured to be attached on a side surface of a container body along an upward and downward direction of the container body, the handle including an elongated grip portion, an upper attachment arm provided on an upper side of the grip portion, and a lower attachment arm provided on a lower side of the grip portion, wherein on at least a part of a lower surface of a distal end side of the upper attachment arm, a first inclined surface is formed to be inclined toward A center portion of the grip portion, and on at least a part of an upper surface of a distal end side of the lower attachment arm, a second inclined surface is formed to be inclined toward the center portion of the grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Usami, Atsushi Nagasaki, Kazuhiro Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 10501138
    Abstract: The invention relates to arrangements for holding a wristband device attached to a handlebar, such as a bicycle handlebar. The arrangement comprises a holder and a strap of a stretchable material forming an elastic strap loop. The holder comprises a plate-like middle portion having a flat surface on the top side to support the housing of said electronic device, and a first recess on the opposite bottom side for interfacing with a handlebar. It also comprises first and second bent outer portions attached to opposite ends of said middle portion adapted to support at least part of said wristband of said electronic device, and a pair of second recesses formed on the top side of said middle portion at its opposite ends between the middle portion and said outer portions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Suunto Oy
    Inventors: Jukka Manni, Tuomas Reivo, Mikko Sepänniitty, Ossi Lehtinen, Arto Komulainen
  • Patent number: 10434757
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a drug delivery device body comprising the following steps: At first a first part of the drug delivery device body wherein the surface of the first part of the drug delivery device body consists of at least one selected area and at least one non selected area is provided. The selected area of the drug delivery device body is a part of the contact area of the first part and a second part of the drug delivery device body to be fixed to the first part of the drug delivery device body. Subsequently a layer of an adhesive is deposited on the surface of the first part; means for deposition of the adhesive only in the selected area are provided. The first part with the layer of adhesive and the second part are joined so that the layer of the adhesive is only arranged in the contact area of the first and the second part of the drug delivery device body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Uwe Dasbach, Udo Stauder
  • Patent number: 10384824
    Abstract: A container may comprise a spout, a base portion, and an ovular sidewall extending away from the base portion to the spout. The ovular sidewall comprises a vertical portion, a top transition region, and a top region extending from the top transition region to the spout. The top region comprises at least two discrete linear sections having different slopes between the top transition region and the spout. Moreover, the base portion of the container defines a support surface on which the container rests, a base channel extending across the diameter of the container, and an inset concave panel aligned with a center of the container. The container additionally comprises a handle portion defining a complex-curved face surface interrupting the top transition region and the top region, and a handle extending from a bottom portion of the face surface to a top portion of the face surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: Milacron LLC, Consolidated Container Company LP
    Inventors: Joey Palmer, James Janeczek
  • Patent number: 10081482
    Abstract: A container for holding and dispensing liquid, comprising an elongated body and a lid having a spout and releasable cap. The elongated body comprises a groove therein configured to releasably receive and hold the releasable cap having a similar shape to the groove. The releasable cap itself comprises, on at least one side thereof, an attachment to secure the releasable cap to a wall to releasably hold in place the releasable cap and thereby the container. The container is preferably squeezable to release liquid product from the container through a spout having an o-ring configured to seal the spout and hold the liquid within the container until squeezed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Steines
  • Patent number: 9987788
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a handle-equipped container comprises: a transport section 150 provided with a transport line 151, the transport line 151 alternately transporting a first transport jig 152 holding a preform, and a second transport jig 153 holding a container handle 20, the transport section 150 transporting the preform 200 and the container handle 20 to a blow molding section 140 along the transport line 151; and a supply section 160 for lowering the container handle 20, held in an inverted state, and supplying the container handle 20 to the second transport jig 153. The second transport jig 153 supports at least a pair of opposite side surfaces of the container handle 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Usami, Atsushi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 9656310
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus may be used to dispense a paint fluid from a paint container that is under pressure and that has a pierceable membrane. The fluid dispensing apparatus may include a valve body having a bore, an adaptor having a bore and a piercing member, and a nozzle having a bore. The fluid dispensing apparatus may be operable to pierce the pierceable membrane to communicate the paint within the paint container with the adaptor bore and with the valve body bore. The nozzle may be operable to permit the paint to flow under the pressure out of the paint container, through the adaptor bore, through the valve body bore and through the nozzle bore to ambient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventor: James J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9522776
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that achieves the function of connecting a fluid container with a fluid consuming device by using a less number of components. A fluid container detachably connectable with a fluid consuming device comprises a fluid container body configured to contain a fluid; a fluid supply structure located at one end portion of the fluid container body; a container-side electrical connection structure including a contact element that comes into contact with a device-side electrical connection structure provided in the fluid consuming device; and a linkage member including a linkage part configured to link the fluid supply structure with the container-side electrical connection structure and a handle part that is grasped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kawate
  • Patent number: 9512393
    Abstract: Devices and methods for culture of cells are provided. The devices can comprise a three-dimensional body having multiple two-dimensional surfaces extending inwardly from a periphery of the three-dimensional body towards an interior of the three-dimensional body, wherein the multiple two-dimensional surfaces are configured to support monolayer growth of eukaryotic cells over at least a majority of or all of the surface area of the multiple two-dimensional surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Pluristem Ltd.
    Inventors: Harel Kasuto, Eytan Abraham, Zami Aberman
  • Patent number: 9511595
    Abstract: An ink container that is attachable to and detachable from a liquid supply apparatus that supplies ink to a liquid injection apparatus. The ink container includes: an ink container part that houses ink; a handle unit that is located at an end of the ink container part; and an ink outlet part that is provided on the handle unit and that is in communication with an inside of the ink container part via the handle unit. The ink outlet part is located on a portion of the handle unit that is on an opposite side to the ink container part side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takumi Nagashima
  • Patent number: 9434499
    Abstract: Containers having improved vacuum-resistance and aesthetic features are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a container (10) having a substantially rectangular-shaped body including at least one cut-away portion (32) on a first side of the body. The cut-away portion includes a panel (34) that is intersected by a horizontal rib (36) that extends along an outer perimeter of the container in a substantially horizontal plane. The structural features of the present containers advantageously provide for improved vacuum-resistance and consumer gripping when compared to similar containers currently on the market.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Boulay, Nicolas Dabrowski, Seung-Yeol Hong, Jean-Francois Meyer, Lise Zeboudj
  • Patent number: 9403624
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for storing a prefilled liquid beverage, receiving an oral contrast imaging agent that is mixed with the prefilled liquid beverage, and dispensing a resulting beverage/oral contrast imaging agent mixture. The device has a body defining a chamber for storing the prefilled liquid beverage. A closure is movable between a closed position for sealing the prefilled liquid in the chamber, and an open position for (i) introducing the oral contrast imaging agent into the chamber for mixture with the prefilled liquid beverage, and (ii) dispensing the beverage/oral contrast imaging agent mixture. The device may include first graduations, a time scale and second graduations. The body defines a substantially smooth, axially extending patient information surface including thereon a plurality of marking spaces and respective patient information indicia associated with each marking space for marking thereon information relating to a respective patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Beekley Corporation
    Inventors: Maeghan E. Traboulsi, Peter Quagliano
  • Patent number: 9150331
    Abstract: A bottle includes a base, a neck, and a body extending axially between the base and the neck, and including at least one radially outwardly facing first surface, a radially outwardly facing second surface radially smaller than the first surface, a radially outwardly facing third surface radially larger than the second surface and established collectively by radially outwardly facing projection surfaces of a plurality of projections that project radially outwardly from the third surface. A label may be carried by the body over at least a portion of the third surface. Axial and circumferential space may be established between the label and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: David Kisela
  • Patent number: 9027703
    Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed for a gaseous liquid to audibly deform the shape of a closed container. One embodiment includes pushing inward to depress a plurality of deformations integral with an exterior of the plastic container having a bottom, a top, the exterior, and an interior, wherein the top is at least partially opened. Further, the method includes sealing, subsequent to the depressing, the top to close the plastic container. Further still, the method includes pushing outward, subsequent to the sealing, by carbonation from a carbonated liquid contained within the interior, on the plurality of deformations. Yet further, the method includes deforming, by the pushing outward, at least two of the plurality of deformations to displaced positions. The method also includes creating two or more sounds and/or movement by the deforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Inventor: Randall Masor
  • Publication number: 20150108081
    Abstract: Containers having improved vacuum-resistance and aesthetic features are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a container (10) having a substantially rectangular-shaped body including at least one cut-away portion (32) on a first side of the body. The cut-away portion includes a panel (34) that is intersected by a horizontal rib (36) that extends along an outer perimeter of the container in a substantially horizontal plane. The structural features of the present containers advantageously provide for improved vacuum-resistance and consumer gripping when compared to similar containers currently on the market.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Boulay, Nicolas Dabrowski, Seung-Yeol Hong, Jean-Francois Meyer, Lise Zeboudj
  • Patent number: 8991441
    Abstract: A plastic, hot-fillable container which has one or more moveable portions each comprised of intersecting perpendicular recesses. Each of the one or more moveable portions is constructed to move outwardly temporarily without permanently deforming responsive to hot-filling the container with a product. The one or more moveable portions also can be constructed to move inwardly to reduce a portion of an internal vacuum within the filled and capped container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Matthew T. Gill
  • Patent number: 8978910
    Abstract: A technical problem of this invention especially in the case of large-size bottles is to form a grip, without changing the bottle shape to a large extent, so that the body can be firmly held. The object of this invention is to provide a synthetic resin square bottle that can be used reliably because the bottle can be held firmly with a hand. A major means of solving the problem is a synthetic resin square bottle comprising a body having a rectangular shape in a plane cross-section and a groove-like waist portion disposed at a middle height of the bottle, wherein a pair of recessed portions for use as finger stops are formed in respective long side walls of said rectangular body over a predetermined area ranging from said waist portion downward to ensure that a plural number of fingers can be placed in at least one recessed portion for a finger stop purpose, and wherein a grip for holding the bottle is formed from both the pair of recessed portions and the waist portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sasaki, Takayuki Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Ozawa, Takao Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8978911
    Abstract: Container having a helical grip translating down the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Philip Edwin Hague, Jason Craig Campbell
  • Publication number: 20150001172
    Abstract: Containers having improved load-bearing and vacuum-resistance features are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a container (10) having a shoulder (16) including four faces forming compound-radiused comers at intersections (28,30) with a body of the container. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a container having a shoulder (16) with four faces, at least two of the four faces having a cut-away (32) with a shape that is substantially U-shaped. The structural features of the present containers advantageously provide for improved compression capacity and vacuum-resistance when compared to similar containers currently on the market.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Geithmann, Robert Linden, Lise Zeboudj
  • Patent number: 8881922
    Abstract: A hot fill type plastic container includes a finish portion that defines an opening and a main body portion having a sidewall that defines a plurality of vacuum panels and a plurality of creased wall portions. Each of the creased wall portions is positioned between two adjacent vacuum panels. At least one of the creased wall portions has an axis of longitudinal orientation when viewed in side elevation that has a vertical component and a circumferential component. The creased wall portions further preferably are substantially non-curved when viewed in side elevation and also preferably have a compound curvature to increase stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Schlies, Justin A. Howell
  • Publication number: 20140263159
    Abstract: A milling jar has a jar body and a jar neck. The jar body has an internal surface and an external surface. Ridges with gently sloping slides, called “lifters,” are formed by indenting the surface of the jar wall so that the internal surface projects toward the center of the jar. Because the depressions (on the external surface) and the lifters (on the internal surface) are segmented, portions of the circumference of the jar remain cylindrical. The jar neck has a lid that secures the materials inside the jar when the lid is fastened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel W. Kappes
  • Publication number: 20140202982
    Abstract: An improved bottle having a mating clip is disclosed. The bottle includes a guide, preferably located on opposing sidewalls of the bottle, to direct attachment features of a clip toward mating attachment features of a bottle in order to facilitate attachment of the bottle to the clip in a tactile fashion. The guide further serves as a release mechanism, in which an inward force applied to the guide will cause deflection of the bottle to separate the clip from the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: AMPHIPOD, INC.
    Inventors: Keith S. Willows, June A. Angus, Antonio Del Rosario
  • Patent number: 8783496
    Abstract: An improved beverage container of the type having a lid, a pour panel defined in the lid by a pour score and a vent panel defined in the lid by a vent score. A tab pivotally is mounted to the lid, wherein lifting the tab about a pivot in a lifting direction fractures the pour score and opens the pour panel. A secondary tab is carried by the tab, and is released into contact with the vent panel by lifting the tab to fracture the pour score, wherein pressing the tab in a direction generally opposite the lifting direction causes the secondary tab to fracture the vent score and open the vent panel. At least one anti-rotation member is disposed between the tab and the lid to prevent the tab from rotating about the rivet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Anheuser-Busch InBev, SA
    Inventors: Christopher G. Neiner, Ancil Louis Lackey, Robert Joseph Will, Richard Lynn Wise, Jason Davidson
  • Patent number: 8777029
    Abstract: A bottle includes a bridge forming a fluid channel, and extending radially outwardly on a bottle neck, from a location spaced axially from a bottle finish to a bottle shoulder. The bridge includes an outer wall offset radially outwardly with respect to walls of the neck and the shoulder and, in transverse cross section, the outer wall includes an incurvate inner surface. The bridge also includes side walls extending between the outer wall of the bridge and the walls of the neck and shoulder and, in transverse cross section, the side walls include straight inner surfaces disposed at chordal angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Raul M. Paredes, Douglas Laib, Allan Henderson
  • Publication number: 20140166609
    Abstract: A plastic container that may be used in hot fill applications includes a finish portion having an opening, a main body portion and a bottom portion. The main body portion includes a vacuum panel area and a circumferentially extending reinforcement groove that has reinforcement structure provided therein positioned substantially adjacent to the vacuum panel area. The bottom portion includes a standing ring, a central interior substantially flat portion that has a plurality of alternating parallel ribs and grooves defined therein and a transitional surface between the standing ring and the substantially flat portion. The parallel ribs and grooves define a complex structure with respect to the transitional surface that provides a stiffening effect, particularly in containers that are fabricated from polypropylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: Sheldon E. Yourist
  • Patent number: 8746453
    Abstract: A plastic blow molded pourable product container is constructed to support the combined weight of additional like containers stacked on top of the container, and is also constructed to efficiently use a three dimensional space occupied by a stack of containers and to resist relative movement between adjacent containers assembled together in a three dimensionally arrayed stack of the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Buddeez, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Hall, William A. Hall
  • Patent number: 8739995
    Abstract: A technical problem of this invention especially in the case of large-size bottles is to form a grip, without changing the bottle shape to a large extent, so that the body can be firmly held. The object of this invention is to provide a synthetic resin square bottle that can be used reliably because the bottle can be held firmly with a hand. A major means of solving the problem is a synthetic resin square bottle comprising a body having a rectangular shape in a plane cross-section and a groove-like waist portion disposed at a middle height of the bottle, wherein a pair of recessed portions for use as finger stops are formed in respective long side walls of said rectangular body over a predetermined area ranging from said waist portion downward to ensure that a plural number of fingers can be placed in at least one recessed portion for a finger stop purpose, and wherein a grip for holding the bottle is formed from both the pair of recessed portions and the waist portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sasaki, Takayuki Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Ozawa, Takao Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8727154
    Abstract: The technical problem to be solved by this invention is to design bottle walls having such a shape as to inhibit cave-in deformation into a dented wall shape caused by recessed areas for fingerhold. The object of this invention is to provide a synthetic resin square bottle which is usable without anxiety, is excellent at firm hold, and has a high vacuum-absorbing function. In a synthetic resin square bottle comprising a body formed by multiple panel walls disposed on the body in a circumferential direction, and a waist portion made of a peripheral groove dented at a roughly middle height position of the body so as to divide each panel wall into an upper panel and a lower panel, recessed areas for fingerhold use are formed in at least a pair of opposing panel walls in a certain area ranging from the waist portion to an upper end portion of the lower panel of each panel wall, and a pair of side ribs is formed on right and left sides of, and in the vicinity of, each recessed area in the lower panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Oguchi, Shigeru Tomiyama, Takao Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8662332
    Abstract: A blow molded plastic container for hot fill and pasteurization uses includes a main body portion that is shaped so as to be substantially round in horizontal cross-section and a base portion. The base portion is shaped to define a generally circular standing ring and an elevated push-up portion that is positioned radially inward of the standing ring. The push-up portion includes a central region, an annular, substantially straight and substantially vertical rise portion that is positioned immediately radially inward of the standing ring and a plurality of radially oriented waves. Each of the waves extends radially outwardly from the central region to the vertical rise portion and is preferably shaped so as to subtend a substantially constant angle along its length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael P. Wurster, Justin A. Howell, Michael T. Kelly, Robert Waltemyer, Benton A. Lewis
  • Patent number: 8662328
    Abstract: An interconnecting container system is described. Each container has a rounded rectangular parallelepiped body with four symmetrical sidewalls, a rounded square base and a rounded square top. An elongated sidewall slot is provided on each sidewall, the slot has a surrounding lip thereby creating an internal edge recess. The sidewall slot has an open end and an adjoining closed end. The adjoining closed end is centrally disposed along a transversal axis of the rectangular sidewall. A similarly constructed elongated base slot is provided on the base. The adjoining closed end of the base slot is centrally disposed on the square base. A neck is centrally provided on the top and extends from the top, it has a surrounding rim and an opening thereon. The rim of the neck and the internal recess of the base slot and the sidewall slot are dimensioned and shaped for sliding and interconnecting engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: 9224-9838 Quebec Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond Boisvert
  • Publication number: 20140054257
    Abstract: A bottle may have varying depth ribs to achieve a balance of strength and rigidity while maintaining hoop strength. The varying depth ribs may smoothly transition around the circumference of the bottle from a flattened and/or shallow depth rib portion to a deep rib portion. A collection of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs act as recessed columns in the body of the bottle to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The deep rib portions provide hoop strength and make the bottle body more rigid and/or stiffer when gripped by a user. A balance may be achieved between of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs and deep ribs to attain a desired resistance to bending, leaning, and/or stretching while maintaining stiffness in a lightweight bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Niagara Bottling, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Dimitri Peykoff, Jay Clarke Hanan
  • Publication number: 20140048508
    Abstract: A plastic container configured to deform from an as-molded state in response to negative internal pressure, the plastic container including a substantially cylindrical container body; and a base connected to a bottom portion of the container body, the base including a standing member, a substantially central hub, and a base body extending between the standing member and the hub, wherein the base body includes a deflection rib projecting up from the base body, the rib configured to deflect when the base body deforms in response to an increase in negative internal pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Constar International, LLC
    Inventors: Satya Kamineni, Michael R. Mooney, Monis Bangi
  • Patent number: 8646636
    Abstract: A novel synthetic resin container includes an entirely or partly dome-like shoulder portion interconnecting a mouth portion and an upper end of a body portion, and provides high strength at the shoulder portion and excellent aesthetic appearance. The shoulder portion has a dome-like region with a plurality of rhombic and triangular bulging portions arranged in the circumferential direction, each protruding outward from its rhombic or triangular outer edge toward its inner edge. The plurality of triangular bulging portions are arranged between the rhombic portions. The rhombic inner edge defines a region protruding inward of the container and thereby forming a rhombic depression, which is provided with a rib having a vertical contour line that protrudes outward. The triangular inner edge defines a region protruding inward of the container so as to form a triangular depression, which is provided with a rib having a vertical contour line that protrudes outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sasaki, Keiji Shimamoto
  • Publication number: 20140034600
    Abstract: A synthetic resin container includes a bottom part having a bottom plate part present at the center of the bottom part and a peripheral part positioned at the periphery of the bottom plate part. The peripheral part includes a grounding part having an inside slope rising outwardly of the container with the outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate part being a start point, and an outside slope continuing to the side surface of the bottom part. When a load is applied in the axial direction in the state where the container stands upright on the grounding surface, the shape of the bottom part changes reversibly such that the bottom plate part is depressed inwardly to the container. Thus, it is possible to avoid deformation of the container into an unintended shape if a load is applied to the container in the axial direction, and to ensure the rigidity thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki MIURA, Kazushi MATSUKIYO
  • Patent number: 8636159
    Abstract: A laminated bottle with a gas barrier resin layer arranged between polyester resins layers is provided. The gas barrier resin layer includes a plurality of quadrangular segments with two sides extending along the bottle axis and two sides extending around the bottle axis, wherein the segments are arranged at a distance to each other via connecting layers which connect the inner layer and the outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Toyoda, Tomoyuki Ozawa, Hiroshi Hosokoshiyama, Hideaki Soyama
  • Patent number: 8631963
    Abstract: A container comprising a finish, a sidewall portion extending from the finish, a base portion extending from the sidewall portion and enclosing the sidewall portion to form a volume therein for retaining a commodity, and an outwardly directed rib member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Amcor Limited
    Inventors: Michael T. Lane, Brad Wilson
  • Patent number: 8602237
    Abstract: A blow molded plastic container for hot fill and pasteurization uses includes a main body portion that is shaped so as to be substantially rectangular in horizontal cross-section and a base portion. The base portion is shaped to define a generally rectangular standing ring and an elevated push-up portion that is positioned radially inward of the standing ring. The push-up portion includes a central region, an annular, substantially straight and substantially vertical rise portion that is positioned immediately radially inward of the standing ring and a plurality of radially oriented waves. Each of the waves extends radially outwardly from the central region to the vertical rise portion. The main body portion is shaped so as to have sidewall portions that are bounded by a plurality of vertically extending edge portions. In one embodiment, at least one of the vertically extending edge portions may have at least one inwardly extending gusset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael P. Wurster, Justin A. Howell, Michael T. Kelly, Robert Waltemyer, Benton A. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20130292356
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bottomed tubular bottle including an annular groove which is formed so as to be circumferentially and radially recessed inward along the outer peripheral surface of a body of the bottle with a bottle axis as a center and which contracts and deforms the body in the axial direction of the bottle when the internal pressure is reduced. The annular groove is recessed and formed by a first wall surface arranged on a mouth side of the bottle and a second wall surface arranged on a bottom side of the bottle. The body is formed so that the outer diameter on the bottom side is larger than the outer diameter on the mouth side with the annular groove interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadayoshi OSHINO