US4978015A
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Plastic container for pressurized fluids
Assignee: International Packaging Technologies LLC
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Filing: 1990-01-10
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Granted: 1990-12-18
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Expires: 2010-01-10
Abstract
Abstract A blow-molded plastic container having a body comprising a neck portion, a generally cylindrical sidewall portion and a bottom structure. The bottom structure comprises a central portion, a plurality of ribs extending downwardly from the bottle sidewall to the central portion, and a plurality of feet extending below the central portion from the sidewall portion. The ribs are defined by an upper curvilinear surface and, in cross-section are of an substantially U-shape having a relatively tight radius, the upper rib surfaces lying on a generally hemispherical curvature in the interior of said container. Each foot is positioned between two ribs and has a pair of rib-defining endwalls connected to and continuous with the ribs on each side of a curvilinear outer wall connected to and continuous with the sidewall portion, a generally horizontal base surface joined to said outer wall, a generally vertical first inner surface forming a lip extending upwardly from the base surface, and a second inner surface extending from the lip to the central portion.
Inventors
- 👤 Larry D. Walker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 22:15
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D1/00; B65D1/02; B65D1/0223; B65D1/0261; B65D1/0284
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A blow-molded plastic container having a body comprising a neck portion, a generally cylindrical sideway portion and a bottom structure, said bottom structure comprising: a central portion; a plurality of ribs extending downwardly from said sidewall portion to said central portion, wherein each of said ribs is defined by an upper curvilinear surface and, in cross-section each rib is of a substantially inverted U-shape having a relatively tight radius, said upper rib surfaces lying on a generally hemispherical curvature in the interior of said container; and a plurality of feet extending below said central portion from said sidewall portion, each foot positioned between two of said plurality of ribs and having a pair of rib-defining endwalls connected to and continuous with the ribs on each side, a curvilinear outer wall connected to and continuous with said sidewall portion, a generally horizontal base surface joined to said outer wall, a generally vertical first inner surface forming a lip extending upwardly from the base surface, and a second inner surface extending from said lip to said central portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
A blow-molded plastic container having a body comprising a neck portion, a generally cylindrical sideway portion and a bottom structure, said bottom structure comprising: a central portion; a plurality of ribs extending downwardly from said sidewall portion to said central portion, wherein each of said ribs is defined by an upper curvilinear surface and, in cross-section each rib is of a substantially inverted U-shape having a relatively tight radius, said upper rib surfaces lying on a generally hemispherical curvature in the interior of said container; and a plurality of feet extending below said central portion from said sidewall portion, each foot positioned between two of said plurality of ribs and having a pair of rib-defining endwalls connected to and continuous with the ribs on each side, a curvilinear outer wall connected to and continuous with said sidewall portion, a generally horizontal base surface joined to said outer wall, a generally vertical first inner surface forming a lip extending upwardly from the base surface, and a second inner surface extending from said lip to said central portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
78 words
The container of claim 1 wherein said curvilinear outer foot wall comprises a first arcuate section of a relatively small radius connected to and continuous with said sidewall portion, a second arcuate section of a relatively large radius continuous with said first arcuate section and, extending from the outer end of said second arcuate section a third arcuate section of relatively small radius joined to said base surface wherein said first, second and third arcuate sections are continuous.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
The container of claim 1 wherein said second inner foot surface comprises a first arcuate portion extending from said lip, a second portion continuous with said first arcuate portion, said second portion being substantially straight and a third arcuate portion extending from said second portion to said central portion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
The container of claim 1 wherein said upper curvilinear surface of said ribs between said sidewall portion and said central portion comprises adjacent said sidewall portion a first arcuate portion of a radius substantially equal to the radius of said cylindrical sidewall portion and a second arcuate portion of smaller radius.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The container of claims 1, 2, 3, or 4 wherein the plastic is polyethylene terephthalate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The container of claim 5 wherein the intrinsic viscosity of the polyethylene terephthalate is at least about 0.8.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The container of claim 1 formed from an injection-molded preform, said preform having a gate area, where said central portion includes the gate area of said preform.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
165 words
A container made by blow-molding an injection-molded preform of thermoplastic, said preform having a gate area and said preform being biaxially-orientable on stretching, and having a closeable neck portion, a sidewall portion and a bottom portion, together forming a pressurizable volume, said bottom portion comprising: a central portion which includes the gate area remaining from said preform; a plurality of inverted U-shaped ribs extending downwardly from said sidewall portion to said central portion along a hemispherical curve; and a downwardly extending foot between each pair of ribs said foot having a lowermost base surface, a curved outer wall connecting said base surface to said sidewall portion, two endwalls each connected to adjacent ribs, and an inner wall connecting said base surface to said central portion, said inner wall and outer wall contoured so that, when said container is pressurized, said base surface is displaced radially outward and is drawn into a saddle-shaped contour with a lowermost contact point at each end of said saddle-shaped contour.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
165 words
A container made by blow-molding an injection-molded preform of thermoplastic, said preform having a gate area and said preform being biaxially-orientable on stretching, and having a closeable neck portion, a sidewall portion and a bottom portion, together forming a pressurizable volume, said bottom portion comprising: a central portion which includes the gate area remaining from said preform; a plurality of inverted U-shaped ribs extending downwardly from said sidewall portion to said central portion along a hemispherical curve; and a downwardly extending foot between each pair of ribs said foot having a lowermost base surface, a curved outer wall connecting said base surface to said sidewall portion, two endwalls each connected to adjacent ribs, and an inner wall connecting said base surface to said central portion, said inner wall and outer wall contoured so that, when said container is pressurized, said base surface is displaced radially outward and is drawn into a saddle-shaped contour with a lowermost contact point at each end of said saddle-shaped contour.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The container of claim 1 or 8 under internal pressure provided by the carbonation of a contained beverage.
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