Rib of bottles for pharmaceutical, cosmetic and other products

Claim 1

A strip-like structure including a plurality of phials for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and other products, comprising: a succession of phials formed of a heat-sealable plastic, molded with their respective bases open and mouths each closed by a removable stopper element, each phial having a first set of webs disposed transversely and about the middle of the longitudinal axes of the respective phials, and a second set of webs formed at the mouth ends with narrow stiffening ribs on either side of an uppermost edge thereof, said first and second webs serving to interconnect the phials and the removable stopper elements closing the same, respectively, said interconnecting webs being provided with relatively weakened creases located mid-way between each two adjacent phials and disposed parallel to the phial longitudinal axes, wherein each terminal web of the second set has a transverse butt portion disposed on the ends of and at right angles to the plane of the web and of a width not greater than the width of the phial and of a height equal to a depth of the second web, wherein said second set of webs comprises terminal webs at each end and intermediate webs therebetween, said terminal webs each being formed with a transversely-oriented butt portion formed integrally with the respective stiffening ribs of said terminal webs, wherein the first set of webs also comprise terminal webs at each end and intermediate webs therebetween; the terminal webs of the first set being formed as lugs, each having a transverse butt portion disposed on the ends of and at right angles to the plane of the lugs and being provided with a pair of triangular entanglement-prevention ribs that bridge the dihedral angles between the planes occupied by the lug and the transverse butt portion, and wherein each pair of intermediate webs interconnecting two adjacent phials connect at a weakened crease located mid-way between the axes of the two adjacent phials.