Plastics Container

A method of producing a plastics container for storing liquid (e.g. milk), wherein the container is of the kind having a body with an integral handle, wherein the integral handle defines an aperture with a central axis extending in a first direction through the body, wherein the body has a footprint with a longitudinal axis extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to said first direction, wherein the footprint defines four major sides and four major corner regions, with each corner region arranged between a respective two of said major sides, the footprint has a centre point through which the longitudinal axis extends and wherein the maximum radial extent of the footprint from the centre point is greatest where the footprint intersects the longitudinal axis, corresponding to the location of two of said corner regions, and blow moulding plastics in said mould tool, so that the extent of parison stretch away from the mould tool part line is less than the extent of parison stretch along the part line.

(canceled)

A blow moulded plastics container for storing liquid (e.g. milk), the container having a body with a central axis intended to be generally vertical during storage wherein the body has a footprint with a transverse axis extending in a first direction and a longitudinal axis extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to said first direction, and the point of intersection of the central axis, transverse axis and longitudinal axis defines a centre point of the footprint, the footprint having four major sides and four major corner regions, with each corner region arranged between a respective two of said major sides, wherein the maximum radial extent of the footprint from the centre point is greatest where the footprint intersects the longitudinal axis, corresponding to the location of two of said corner regions, and the radial extent from the centre point at the other two of said four corner regions is less than the maximum radial extent of the footprint, and wherein a first two of said major corner regions are arranged at least generally in opposition along the longitudinal axis and a second two of said major corner regions are asymmetrically arranged about said longitudinal axis.

A method of producing a plastics container, the method comprising the step of providing a mould tool configured to produce a container of the kind having a body with an integral handle, wherein the integral handle defines an aperture with a central axis extending in a first direction through the body, wherein the body has a footprint with a longitudinal axis extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to said first direction, wherein the footprint defines four major sides and four major corner regions, with each corner region arranged between a respective two of said major sides, the footprint has a centre point through which the longitudinal axis extends and wherein the maximum radial extent of the footprint from the centre point is greatest where the footprint intersects the longitudinal axis, corresponding to the location of two of said corner regions, wherein the mould tool has a split line arranged corner to corner with respect to the desired footprint of the blow moulded container, wherein the longitudinal axis of the footprint is aligned with the split line of the mould tool, the method further comprising the step of blow moulding plastics in said mould tool, so that the extent of parison stretch away from the mould tool part line is less than the extent of parison stretch along the part line.

A method of producing a plastics container, the method comprising the step of providing a mould tool configured to produce a container of the kind having a body with a footprint having a transverse axis extending in a first direction and a longitudinal axis extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to said first direction, wherein the footprint defines four major sides and four major corner regions, with each corner region arranged between a respective two of said major sides, and the footprint has a centre point through which the longitudinal and transverse axes extend, wherein the maximum radial extent of the footprint from the centre point is greatest where the footprint intersects the longitudinal axis, corresponding to the location of two of said corner regions, the method further comprising the step of blow moulding plastics in said mould tool, wherein the mould tool has a split line arranged corner to corner with respect to the desired footprint of the blow moulded container, wherein the longitudinal axis of the footprint is aligned with the split line of the mould tool, so that the extent of parison stretch away from the mould tool part line is less than the extent of parison stretch along the part line.