Plastic container

A plastic container which comprises:

• a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the lower base, and an upper neck portion with an opening therein, said neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall, and said sidewall having a lower portion and an upper portion;
• a sidewall portion essentially centrally located between the neck portion and base on said sidewall and between the lower and upper sidewall portions which is depressed with respect to the lower and upper sidewall portions and which extends circumferentially around the sidewall;
• wherein the lower sidewall portion includes opposed sidewall sections, with two opposed sidewall sections each including at least one lower panel having a central region and an outer boundary, with the outer boundary being depressed with respect to the central region, with the depressed outer boundary having side portions and top and bottom portions, and with said lower panels each at least in part extending substantially across a sidewall section;
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• wherein the upper sidewall portion includes a plurality of spaced upper panels each having a central region and an outer boundary, with the central region of the upper panels including a raised central area surrounded by a depressed peripheral region, with the outer boundary being depressed with respect to the depressed peripheral region.