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US 11,400,635 B2Granted
Multi-layer blow molded article with functional visual and/or tactile effects
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsNicole Ashley Rizzo, Andrew Joseph Horton, Joseph Craig Lester, Philip Andrew Sawin
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Abstract
Blow molded articles having a predetermined feature incorporated into the wall provided by variations in the thickness of the wall of the article corresponding to a predetermined pattern etched into the perform from which the article was formed. Also, etched performs for making blow molded articles and methods for making such performs and articles.
Claims6
A multi-layer preform for blow molding formed from a thermoplastic material, the preform comprising:
- a body having one or more walls and an opening, wherein at least a portion of the body includes an etched portion having at least some of the thermoplastic material removed in a predetermined pattern wherein the etched portion is etched by thermal-etching.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.