Container

Claim 1

A composite container comprising an elongted container body of a plastic material having a convex bottom section and an annular shoulder means, and a stand of a plastic material supporting the container in a vertical position, said stand including a conical collar with an upper edge surface which is in contact with and surrounds said annular shoulder means, an annular support having a contact surface disposed in a plane and adapted for resting on a planar surface and an inner wall enclosed by said conical collar and extending inwardly from said annular support and means securing the container body and stand to each other in a central zone of the convex bottom section of the container body and said inner wall of said stand, said zone being positioned in a plane above the plane of said annular support on the planar surface, said inner wall comprising a first annular conical wall portion extending axially upwards and radially inwardly from said annular support, a second annular conical wall portion extending radially inwardly and axially downwards from said first conical wall portion, said first and second conical wall portions having an annular intersection zone which faces and is axially spaced from said convex bottom section of said container body, said first and second conical wall portions and said annular intersection zone forming a first elastic indentation means concentric with the axis of the container and spaced from said convex bottom section predetermined distance adjusted to the full weight of the container body for contacting said container body, upon relative movement between said container body and said stand, to undergo elastic deformation, said inner wall further comprising a third annular wall portion extending axially upwardly and radially inwards from said second wall portion, said second and third wall portions having an annular intersection zone which faces and is axially spaced from said plane of the annular support, said second and third wall portions and said annular intersection zone thereof forming a second elastic indentation means for contacting the planar support surface upon relative movement between said stand and said support surface to undergo elastic deformation, and a fourth wall portion extending radially inwards from said third annular wall portion and including the central zone of said stand, said container body and stand being in contact only in said central zone and at said annular shoulder means and the upper edge surface of the conical collar, the stand and container being elsewhere in spaced relation including the first, second, and third wall portions and the conical collar below said upper edge surface.