Abstract: A plastic, blow-molded, disposable water bottle adapted for use with a dispenser, said bottle having a basically spherical or elliptical shape, a footed base portion, and a unique neck geometry.

Abstract: A container for storing a fluid incorporates an overflow region. The overflow region is located above the desired fill line of the container and preferably terminates in the same plane as the opening of the fill spout. In this manner, the amount of fluid filled in the container can be maximized while still providing the desired air space for shipping purposes. Incorporating structural features into the body of the blow-molded container eliminate the use of external cases.

Abstract: A plastic carafe includes a body portion having an enclosed base defined by a plurality of upstanding posts and a plurality of panels separating the posts from one another. The carafe further includes a neck portion having a blown finish at the top of the carafe that defines a wide-mouth. A shoulder portion transitions the posts and panels to the neck portion.

Abstract: A container for vending single servings of beverages and snack foods, includes a liquid-impermeable wall providing a compartment for the beverage. An inside section of the wall defines a recess isolated from the compartment and open to the container exterior at the bottom. Near the upper end of the recess, the inside wall diameter is decreased in steps, to frictionally engage a leading edge region of a snack-food cartridge or other product inserted into the recess. A pull tab between the cartridge and the recess is accessible to remove the cartridge. Alternatively, a cartridge wrapper can be shaped to provide a pull tab component. The preferred snack-food cartridge includes a compliant thin film or foil wrapping surrounding a stack of cookies, a bar, or other snack food. In alternative arrangements, the container has a vertical slot for viewing a cartridge inserted into the recess, or is formed with horizontal top and bottom wall sections.

Abstract: A blow molded synthetic resin container having a body of generally V-shaped cross section defined by a pair of V-shaped side walls, end walls extending therebetween, and a bottom wall. A cylindrical neck is open at its upper end, and an upwardly inclined shoulder extends between the upper ends of the side and end walls and the lower end of the neck. One of the side walls has a pair of wall portions which converge inwardly of the body towards the center axis of the body and the other of the side walls has wall portions which converge outwardly from the axis of the body. The other panel has a recess therein for a label.

Abstract: An item is stored by placing the item within an opaque sleeve with opposed open ends and inserting into each of the open ends a bottle holding a consumable liquid. The bottles fit snug within the sleeve and each bottle is independently removable from the sleeve and reinsertable therein.

Abstract: Stackable plastic container including side portions having at least one of generally centrally located protrusions and depressions which nest with at least one of generally centrally located matching protrusions and depressions of a second container, and with the base portion including a generally centrally located depression which nests with a generally centrally located pouring spout of a second container.

Abstract: A base structure for a blow-molded container having a sidewall is provided. The base structure comprises a support heel having an outer portion and an inner portion, the outer portion merging with the container sidewall. An inner projecting portion merges with the inner portion of the support heel. The inner projecting portion is inclined at an angle of at least about 50 degrees.

Abstract: A package for companion products has two containers (102, 104), each comprising a mating formation (408, 502) protruding in a direction toward the other container and defining a mating surface facing at an angle to the direction of protrusion and engaging the mating surface of the other container. Each container has a generally flat bottom and a center of gravity in vertical alignment with the generally flat bottom, whereby each container can stand independently of the other container. The shape of each container is the same as the other, and the containers are attached to one another. The shape enables the mating surfaces to be brought into engagement with one another by movement in a plane parallel to the bottoms of the containers.

Abstract: A container closure to be attached to a liquid container around a container opening of a liquid container. The container closure includes a storage compartment which includes a mix, such as powder or concentrated liquid. The storage compartment includes a seal or a rotating member to seal the mix within the storage compartment. A plunger unseals the seal or the rotating member is rotated to allow the mix to be mixed with the liquid in a liquid container to flavor the liquid when the container closure is attached to the liquid container.

Abstract: A blow molded synthetic resin container having a body of generally V-shaped cross section defined by a pair of V-shaped side walls, end walls extending therebetween, and a bottom wall. A cylindrical neck is open at its upper end, and an upwardly inclined shoulder extends between the upper ends of the side and end walls and the lower end of the neck. One of the side walls has a pair of wall portions which converge inwardly of the body towards the center axis of the body and the other of the side walls has wall portions which converge outwardly from the axis of the body. The other panel has a recess therein for a label.

Abstract: A liquid two part cleaning composition for hard surfaces, and a two chamber bottle for dispensing the cleaner are disclosed. The cleaner includes a first basic liquid and a second acidic liquid. At least one of the liquids includes a surfactant system. At least one of the liquids includes a foam inhibitor. When the first and second liquid are dispensed on a surface, carbon dioxide gas released instantaneously creates a quickly breaking foam on the surface. The bottle has horizontal orientation of the first and second chamber that assures a user's thumb is on the front wall and a user's fingers are on the rear wall of the bottle when dispensing. The horizontal orientation provides an ergonomically advantageous wide range of motion. The positioning of a user's thumb on the front wall of the bottle allows for design adjustments in the bottle to achieve equal dispensing from both chambers.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for a food container which includes an inner member (which can be a cup or a bottle) for holding a particulate food; an outer member (which can be a second cup or a second bottle) adapted to receive the inner member, with a space between the inner and the outer members, for a liquid food; where the inner member interlocks with the outer member and openings are provided for the discharge of the liquid food; and the particulate food and the liquid food can be consumed simultaneously by tilting the container towards the mouth of the user to discharge or withdraw particulate food from the inner member and liquid food from the outer member through the aperture.

Abstract: A package for companion products has two containers, each comprising a mating formation protruding in a direction toward the other container and defining a mating surface facing at an angle to the direction of protrusion and engaging the mating surface of the other container. Each container has a generally flat bottom and a center of gravity in vertical alignment with the generally flat bottom, whereby each container can stand independently of the other container. The shape of each container is the same as the other, and the containers are attached to one another. The shape enables the mating surfaces to be brought into engagement with one another by movement in a plane parallel to the bottoms of the containers.

Abstract: An active principle delivery device (1) comprising an inner capsule (4) within an outer capsule (2), the inner and outer capsules (4, 2) containing the same active principle (5, 3), with at least the outer capsule (2) being a hard capsule and the active principle (3, 5) in at least one of the capsules (2, 4), comprising a fluid. Also provided is a method of fabricating such a delivery device (1), as well as a method of controlling the pharmaco-kinetic profile of an active principle.

Abstract: Stackable plastic container including side portions having at least one of protrusions and depressions which nest with one of matching protrusions and depressions of a second container, and with the bottom portion including depressions which nest with the pouring spout and handle of a second container.

Abstract: Stackable plastic container including side portions having at least one of protrusions and depressions which nest with one of matching protrusions and depressions of a second container, and with the bottom portion including depressions which nest with the pouring spout and handle of a second container.

Abstract: Biaxially oriented, hollow plastic bottle of thermoplastic material having an improved base. The base includes an outer supporting annular rim for supporting the bottle on a surface and an inwardly extending portion of the base, wherein the space between the central portion of the base and the outer supporting rim includes a plurality of struts extending radially from the central portion of the base towards the annular rim.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for a food container which includes an inner member (which can be a cup or a bottle) for holding a particulate food; an outer member (which can be a second cup or a second bottle) adapted to receive the inner member, with a space between the inner and the outer members, for a liquid food; where the inner member interlocks with the outer member and openings are provided for the discharge of the liquid food; and the particulate food and the liquid food can be consumed simultaneously by tilting the container towards the mouth of the user to discharge or withdraw particulate food from the inner member and liquid food from the outer member through the aperture.

Abstract: A bubble-blowing toy is constructed to include a fluid container holding a bubble fluid, an applicator adapted for picking up the bubble fluid from the fluid container for blowing bubbles, and an ornament holding the fluid container on the inside to keep the fluid container from sight.

Abstract: A drinking assembly has an external container having a container wall, an internal container positioned inside the external container, and a bottom cover that is removably connected to the bottom ends of the internal container and the external container. The diameter of the outer surface of the internal container is smaller than the diameter of the inner surface of the external container so that a gap is defined between the internal container and the external container when the internal container is positioned inside the external container.

Abstract: A unitary construction of three bottles containing fluids typically brushed onto fingernails in which the center bottle has opposite sides bounding a V-shaped bottom to promote gravity flow to a level facilitating brush removal of the fluid, and left and right bottles are respectively attached to the central bottle opposite sides to form a support which holds the unitary construction erect to achieve the gravity flow in the center bottle.

Abstract: A water bottle assembly having a removable water bowl for providing a receptacle for watering a pet while outdoors includes a bottle, a lid, and a bowl removably couplable to the water bottle for carrying the water bottle and bowl as a single unit. In an embodiment, the lid includes a spout assembly. In an embodiment, the bowl is coupled to the water bottle by frictional engagement to a strip of compressible material circumscribing an outer surface of the water bottle. In an embodiment, the upper edge of the water bottle extends from the outer surface of the water bottle for facilitating grasping of the bowl when removing the bowl from the water bottle.

Abstract: An improved container for food and other perishable products comprising a simple construction and a multi-functional cap. The container allows for the storage of multiple products separately within the container as well as consumption of the products while “on the go.” The multi-functional cap nests over and seals the mouth end of the container, allows for the nesting of a sub-container inside the cap, and allows the products to be resealed without contaminating each other. The container is ergonomically and stylishly shaped to provide a comfortable hand grip for a variety of consumers.

Abstract: A beverage bottle with a twist of cap that includes a cap twisting structure molded into a bottom bottle surface thereof that is sized and shaped to gripping hold the twist off cap of another identical bottle. A peel off cover member is positioned over the cap twisting structure to protect it from contamination until it is used.

Abstract: A toy capsule for containing toys and for constructing structures has an upper portion and a lower portion with wherein the upper and lower portions are detachably connected at their respective open ends thereby defining a closed container when the open ends are connected. A tapered thickened wall portion on each of the upper and lower portions extends concentrically from an intermediate location of an external surface of each of the cylindrical wall portions of the upper and lower portions and tapers to a thicker portion at the respective closed ends. One of the upper and lower portion closed ends has a rounded projection and the remaining upper and lower closed end has a projecting ridge defining a recess capable of receiving the rounded projection to form a releasable frictional tight fit connection.

Abstract: A lid for a liquid sample container is provided which includes an opening for transferring the sample into a further container for conducting the necessary tests and a flexible portion, which allows the sample to be expelled through the opening. The opening is normally closed by a detachable closure which can also be used to re-seal the opening after the desired quantity of the sample has been withdrawn. An apparatus is also provided for obtaining dual liquid samples, which comprises two sample containers, wherein one container is retained within a recess in the other to result in a unitary structure. Further a method of obtaining liquid samples is provided which utilizes containers of the present invention.

Abstract: An outer container having a container insert therein for holding a predetermined volume of material. The outer container includes a container bottom having a periphery and a container wall extending generally upwardly to define an interior container portion of predetermined volume sized to accommodate the container insert. The container wall includes a neck portion complementarily sized to accommodate the exterior surface of the container insert. The container insert includes a bottom having a periphery and a wall extending generally upwardly to define an interior portion of predetermined volume for holding the material. The insert wall-includes a vent which allows air to pass from the interior container portion to the atmosphere when the container insert is positioned therein. For assembly, the outer container is maintained at a temperature greater than the container insert and the container insert is positioned therein.

Abstract: A bottle includes an inner vessel for sealingly containing a liquid such as perfume or beverage, two externally flock-coated shell elements cemented to the inner vessel, a joint cover for covering a joint line between both shell elements, and a collar for aesthetically covering the upper regions of the shell-elements and the joint cover ends.

Abstract: An additive holder for a PET bottle includes a tubular member having an open top formed with a flange and an open bottom formed with a toothed neck, the tubular member being fitted in the externally threaded mouth with the flange resting on an upper edge of the mouth, the tubular member having an inner side formed with a circular protrusion, a container having an upwardly extending handle and fitted inside the tubular member and kept in place by the circular protrusion, with the handle extending upwardly out of the tubular member, a locking cap provided with internal threaded engageable with the externally threaded mouth and having an axial through hole receiving the handle of the container, and a cover engageable with a top of the locking cap, whereby an additive such as sugar, cream milk, or the like in the container will drop down to mix with a drink in the PET bottle as desired.

Abstract: A container comprising a main container and at least one sub-container stored in the main container. The opening of the sub-container is closed by a cap, and this cap is also used so as to close the opening of main container with the sub-container attached to the cap inside the main container. The main container, preferably a hollow cylinder, may have both ends opened, so that two sub-containers are stored therein so that each one of the two sub-containers is closed by separate caps and the separate caps to which the two sub-containers attached are then mounted to the open ends of the main container, thus closing the open ends. The exteriors of the caps may be differently marked so that, for instance, the order of use of the contents of the two sub-containers is indicated to a user.

Abstract: A baby bottle and milk storage assembly configured to define a segmented configuration, with each segment being useful for storing and dispensing a food product used for feeding an infant. The bottle assembly is configured such that a plurality of bottle segments may be joined in fluid communication in an end-to-end fashion. For storage, individual or joined segments may be easily stacked in a nesting relationship. The bottle assembly includes at least one bottle segment, at least one end cap, at least one connector ring, and a neck member. An end cap is secured to the bottom end of a bottle segment and serves to close the bottom end of the bottle segment and as a base for the bottle assembly. Either an end cap or a connector ring is mounted on the upper end of the bottle segment. In the event a connector ring is mounted on the upper end of the bottle segment, another bottle segment or a neck member is mounted thereon.

Abstract: A set of bottle caps (attachments) which can contain a prize therein. The bottle caps being insertable over a bottle cap of a bottle. The bottle cap has a top and bottom container having a central opening therein. Together the top and bottom container form a hollow container which is capable of holding a prize. The central opening of the container must be of sufficient size to accept the bottle cap therein.

Abstract: A two-piece, plastic, container particularly attractive for serving Margarita drinks and other well-known cocktails. A receptacle portion includes double flared side walls with a two-stage tapered plug on the bottom. The upper-stage of the plug secures the receptacle in a base portion and the lower stage of the plug provides for nesting of a plurality of receptacles to provide a compact and secure arrangement when packaged for shipping.

Abstract: A dual bottle is formed by two separable interlocked chambers. The chambers preferably each contain different ingredients and have adjacent product exit apertures so that after leaving the chambers the separate product streams can mix. Preferably the chambers are identical, which simplifies manufacture.

Abstract: A leak resistant drink box holder for containing a drink box. The drink box holder includes a container having four sidewalls and a floor forming an internal cavity of a size to fit a substantial portion of the drink box. A lid that is sealably engageable with the container has an air inlet opening, an air regulating valve and a drinking spout with a fluid exit opening. The drinking spout is adapted to apply a suction from a user's mouth. A liquid outlet regulating valve is sealably engageable with the drinking spout. A straw have first and second ends is sealably engaged with the liquid outlet regulating valve at one end and is adapted to fit within the drink box at the other end.

Abstract: A container comprises a first tubular body, a second tubular body disposed in the first tubular body, and a tubular cap slidably engaged with the first tubular body. The second tubular body has a chamber for containing a liquid and a neck portion protruding from the first tubular body. The neck portion has a surface at an end thereof puncturable to provide a discharge opening. The tubular cap has a first end, a second end, and a needle pin disposed inside of the tubular cap and mounted on an inner wall of the tubular cap at the first end thereof. The tubular cap is slidable on the first tubular body between a first position in which the needle pin is spaced from the surface of the neck portion of the second tubular body, and a second position in which the needle pin punctures the surface of the neck portion to provide the discharge opening. A first air-tight seal maintains the interior of the tubular cap in a hermetically sealed state when the tubular cap is in the first position.

Abstract: The invention is directed to lightweight hydrostatic containers. The containers have thin walls and other surfaces that are maintained in tension by the liquid contained in the containers. The body portion is substantially circular and has a plurality of recesses. The recesses strengthen the container and provide points where the container can axially collapse. On the lower end the container has a base with an upwardly extending inner portion. This inner portion extends upwardly at least the vertical dimension of a spout of the container. A shoulder is on an upper end of the body portion, the shoulder supporting an axial spout. The hydrostatic containers preferably are packed in cartons in double squares. The cartons have sidewalls that do not extend above the body portion of the containers. The carton bottom wall has openings in alignment with the upwardly extending inner portion of each hydrostatic container.

Abstract: A canister type holder for plastic pop-bottle includes internal ribs that coact with crenellations that are commonly present in the bottom of blow-molded bottle to inhibit the rotation of the bottle when the screw cap is removed. The holder also includes a handle to facilitate pouring of liquid from the bottle.

Abstract: A lightweight blow-molded plastic container providing enhanced top loading capability. The container is rectangular in elevation and plan, and has four vertically extending post corners at the juncture of front, back and side walls. The front and back walls have label mounting areas defined by upper and lower label bumpers. The bumpers extend horizontally and terminate a spaced distance from the side walls, thus allowing the vertical corners of the container to extend uninterrupted and provide maximum post strength to the container. The configuration is capable of being made from a reduced amount of plastic, yet provides enhanced top loading capability as compared with like-sized known container configurations.

Abstract: A holding device for liquids comprises a container open at one end and formed of a light-tight wall which is sealed at an opposite end, and an outer housing open at one end and formed of a gas-tight wall. The container is inserted coaxially in the outer housing, with a substantial portion of the outer surface of the container wall contacting the inner surface of the housing wall without play whereby the container is held in the outer housing by a press fit. The outer surface of the container wall defines at least one continuous groove extending from the sealed ends of the container and outer housing walls to the open container and outer housing walls.

Abstract: Blends of polymers, such as aromatic condensation polymers including formable polyesters and polycarbonates with an oxygen barrier material such as aromatic or aliphatic nylon, an amorphous nylon or EVOH, which have been oriented and which contain a transition metal catalyst, exhibit the improved barrier properties and oxygen absorption properties of the present invention.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a two-piece, plastic, container particularly attractive for serving Margarita drinks and other well-known cocktails. A receptacle portion includes double flared side walls with a two-stage tapered plug on the bottom. The upper-stage of the plug secures the receptacle in a base portion and the lower stage of the plug provides for nesting of a plurality of receptacles to provide a compact and secure arrangement when packaged for shipping. A base portion supports the receptacle portion and individual base portions are nestable.

Abstract: A dual chamber flexible tube dispensing package is formed by providing a pair of plastic parisons, blow molding each parison to form a tube having a rigid finish, a shoulder adjacent the finish and a flexible body extending from the shoulder with a closed lower end; each tube having a generally D-shaped cross section throughout the finish, shoulder and body; each tube having an arcuate wall and a generally flat wall; and bringing the flat walls into abutting relationship. Each tube has a thread such that when the flat walls are in abutting relation, the thread on one tube form continuous thread with the thread of the other tube. In another form of dual chamber dispensing package, each tube has a plurality of vertically spaced integral ribs which extend transversely. The ribs on is one tube are staggered relative to the ribs on the other tube so that when the tubes are brought into engagement, the ribs on one tube engage the ribs on the other tube and the shoulders are in abutment.

Abstract: A bottle for perfume and the like has two separate compartments. Each of two interior spaces has its own closure/dispenser (eg. spray fitting or pump), one at each end, so that two different liquids can be contained and dispensed separately in different ways. An outer container space is defined between an outer wall and an inner wall; the inner containing space is inside the inner wall. The inner and outer walls are joined where the neck of the inner-wall container meets the bottom of the outer-wall container. The bottle may include end caps which cover the two closures/dispensers at either end, for a symmetrical, elongated shape somewhat like a cigar. The ends caps may also double as closures.

Abstract: An insulated flask has a cup assembly and a handle assembly alternately mounted on the flask body, the cup assembly comprising two telescopically stacks cups releasably mounted to the flask body by an annular collar, the cups having nested handles. The handle assembly includes an annular collar mountable to the flask body in a similar manner as the cup collar, and an elongate handle fixed to and extending from the handle assembly collar.

Abstract: A tubular preform for a blow molded container. The preform has a closed end and an opposite open end, the relative dimensions of the ends being such that the closed end would be receivable in the open end of a similar preform to nest there were it not for the provision of an antinesting feature in the form of at least one radially outwardly extending protrusion on the outer surface of the closed end of the preform to prevent the entry of the closed end into the open end of the adjacent preform.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a cap assembly that includes a cap with a single annular lug that has a retaining surface and an annular flange attachable to the cap by contact with the retaining surface.

Abstract: The package comprises a container made of resilient molded plastic that contains an impression and lid. The impression is located in the bottom of the container. The impression comprises two concentric cylindrically shaped tubes, a ring that connects the tubes and a closure. The lower tube has a larger diameter. This lower tube is attached to a ring along the ring's outside edge. The inner edge of the ring is attached to the upper, smaller-diameter tube. The tubes are identical to the diameters of two sizes of bottle caps. Bottles with caps can then be inserted into the tube. The invention then holds the container on top of the bottle. The lid of the container is removable and reattachable and forms an air-tight seal.

Abstract: A two container assembly comprises a first container for containing a fluid and a second container for containing a fluid. The first container has a handle and a handle opening, and the second container has a resilient sidewall, a top end and a bottom end. The second container is dimensioned to fit into the handle opening of the first container. The two container assembly has a means for snap-fitting the second container into the handle opening or frictionally engaging the second container in the handle opening. The means for snap-fitting preferably comprises a concave portion in the resilient sidewall of the second container. The concave portion has a shape that mates with a convex shaped portion of the handle. For example, the handle may have an oval cross-section. Also, the second container has a top-to-bottom axis which is substantially perpendicular to a top-to-bottom axis of the first container when the second container is located in the handle opening.