Blow molded container having a protruding view stripe
AssigneeKessler Containers, Inc.
InventorRobert H. Kessler
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Abstract
A monolithic blow molded container is configured to hold liquids. A majority portion of the container is opaque and the container has an upper opening configured and adapted to allow liquid to be dispensed from the cavity of the container. The container also has a vertically oriented viewing stripe that bulges outward from the majority portion of the container in a manner such that liquid in the container can be observed through the transparent viewing stripe from two opposite viewing angles.
Claims11
A monolithic blow molded container having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and opposite sides, the container comprising a cavity that is configured and adapted to hold liquid, the top having an opening configured and adapted to allow liquid to be dispensed from the cavity of the container, the container having a horizontal perimeter and comprising an opaque wall portion and transparent wall portion, the opaque wall portion extending a majority of the way around the perimeter and bounding a main portion of the cavity, the transparent wall portion being vertically elongate and having a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, the concave inner surface defining a vertically extending channel portion of the cavity that is external to the main portion of the cavity, the transparent wall portion protruding from adjacent portions of the opaque wall portion of the container in a manner such that liquid in the channel portion of the cavity can be observed through the transparent wall portion from two opposite viewing angles.
A monolithic blow molded container configured to hold liquids, a majority portion of the container being opaque, the container having an upper opening configured and adapted to allow liquid to be dispensed from the cavity of the container, the container also having a vertically oriented viewing stripe that bulges outward from the majority portion of the container in a manner such that liquid in the container can be observed through the transparent viewing stripe from two opposite viewing angles.
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