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US 2011/0031206 A1Published application
Fluid Container
AssigneeAHP Manufacturing B.V.
InventorsSuzanne Dover, Peter Booth, Corinne Elstow, William Maskell, Alan Whiting
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Abstract
A fluid container (10) comprises a body (12), a neck (16), and a mouth (14) The neck is deformable from a first stable condition to a second stable condition, allowing the relative angle of the mouth to be changed.
Claims12
A fluid container comprising a body having a neck, and a mouth, said container being deformable at said neck from a first stable condition to a second stable condition thereby to change the relative angle of said mouth, wherein:
- a) in the first condition said neck defines a channel at one side which is substantially ‘V’ shaped and transverse to the upright axis of said container;
- b) said ‘V’ shaped channel includes an upper edge, and a relatively longer lower edge;
- c) said ‘V’ shaped channel comprises a long sidewall edge and a short sidewall edge in a ratio of from about 1.25:1 to about 1.75:1 at the point of the greatest channel depth;
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- d) said channel is adapted to be closed by approaching sidewalls in the second condition and to define a pre-determined direction of movement from said first condition to said second condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.