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US 11,338,953 B2Granted
Hot fill container with corner support column
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsJeffrey Klok, Sterling Lane Steward, Venkat Govindarajan, Feng Shi
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Abstract
The present application provides a container for a beverage filled in a hot fill process. The container may include a finish, a body section, and a base. The body section may include a number of support columns and a number of body panels. Each of the support columns may include a first raised mid-section extending into a first body panel and a second raised mid-section extending into a second body panel.
Claims13
A container for a beverage filled in a hot fill process, comprising:
- a finish;
- a body section;
- and
- a base;
- the body section comprising a plurality of support columns and a plurality of body panels;
- wherein each of the plurality of support columns comprise a first raised midsection extending into a first body panel and a second raised mid-section extending into a second body panel;
- and
- wherein each of the plurality of support columns is flush with each of the plurality of body panels about an upper circumferential groove and a lower circumferential groove and wherein each of the plurality of body panels continuously decreases in diameter from the upper circumferential groove and the lower circumferential groove to about an apex of the first and section raised midsections.
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