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US 11,447,293 B2Granted
Stackable hollow plastic container
AssigneeIpet Technologies, Ltd.
InventorConstantinos Sideris
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Abstract
A stackable plastic container includes a neck area; a body portion with a base; an integral handle part located around the neck area of the container, in which the handle part includes one or more handles for carrying and handling the container; and an integral first chime configured to receive and/or cooperatively engage the base of an identical container.
Claims14
A stackable plastic container comprising a single integrated moulding including:
- a body portion comprising a base disposed at a distal end of the container;
- and
- a neck area comprising
- a neck opening disposed at a proximal end of the container;
- an integral handle part located at or adjacent the neck opening, in which the handle part comprises one or more handles for carrying and handling the container;
- and
- an integral first chime configured to receive and engage the base of an identical container, in which the integral first chime is configured to provide the one or more handles,
- wherein the container comprises a rounded shoulder area which constricts the neck area between the shoulder area and the neck opening, the shoulder tapering towards a straight-sided section of the body portion before reaching the base;
- and wherein the one or more handles and integral first chime are formed during an initial injection moulding step and wherein the body portion, including the shoulder area, is formed into its final profile in a subsequent blow moulding process.
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