Container with waist ribs

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Description

FIG. 1 is front elevational view of a container with waist ribs showing our new design; the rear view is a mirror image thereof except for the conventional screw threading on the neck;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of an alternative embodiment with vacuum panels and vertical ribs in a panel section; the rear view is a mirror image thereof except for the conventional screw threading on the neck; the top and bottom views of the second embodiment are the same, as the forst embodiment.

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Patent History
Patent number: D393802
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 2, 1997
Date of Patent: Apr 28, 1998
Assignee: Continental PET Technologies, Inc. (Florence, KY)
Inventors: Wayne N. Collette (Merrimack, NH), Suppayan M. Krisnnakumar (Nashua, NH), David Piccioli (Auburn, NH)
Primary Examiner: Lucy Lieberman
Law Firm: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Application Number: 0/64,486
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9502; D9/538; D9/553
International Classification: 0901;