# US 2013/0153576 A1 · Blow-Molded Plastic Bottle and Method of Manufacture

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- Number: US 2013/0153576 A1
- Document ID: US20130153576A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/767,134
- Filed: 2013-02-14
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2010-06-10
- Assignees: Smart Bottle Inc.
- Inventors: Kenneth R. Wilkes
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153576A1

## CPC

- B65D 1/0246: {Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads}
- B29C 49/0691: {using sheet like material, e.g. sheet blow-moulding from joined sheets}
- B29C 49/06912: {using folded sheets as a preform, e.g. folded into parallel sheets or rolled into cylindrical shape}
- B29C 49/20: of articles having inserts or reinforcements {; Handling of inserts or reinforcements}
- B65D 1/0223: {characterised by shape}
- B65D 1/44: Corrugations
- B65D 41/04: Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
- B29C 49/06916: {Means for avoiding parts of the sheets to stick together, e.g. to provide blow opening}
- B29C 65/02: by heating, with or without pressure
- B29C 65/74: by welding and severing {, or by joining and severing, the severing being performed in the area to be joined, next to the area to be joined, in the joint area or next to the joint area}
- B29C 65/7838: {from the inside, e.g. of tubular or hollow articles (B29C66/3242 takes precedence)}
- B29C 66/1122: {Single lap to lap joints, i.e. overlap joints (B29C66/45, B29C66/472, B29C66/52272 take precedence)}
- B29C 66/1162: {Single bevel to bevel joints, e.g. mitre joints}
- B29C 66/244: {said joint lines being non-straight, e.g. forming non-closed contours}
- B29C 66/4312: {for making flat seams in tubular or hollow articles, e.g. transversal seams}
- B29C 66/4322: {by joining a single sheet to itself (B29C66/4332 takes precedence)}
- B29C 66/53262: {Enclosing spouts between the walls of bags, e.g. of medical bags}
- B29C 66/8322: {Joining or pressing tools reciprocating along one axis}
- B29C 66/83221: {cooperating reciprocating tools, each tool reciprocating along one axis}
- B29C 2049/2008: {inside the article}
- B29C 2049/2026: {Neck portions}
- B29C 2049/2404: {inside the article}
- B29C 2049/48825: {Asymmetric moulds, i.e. the parison is not in the center of the mould}
- B29C 2793/0081: before shaping
- B29C 2949/08: Preforms made of several individual parts, e.g. by welding or gluing parts together
- B29L 2031/7158: {Bottles}
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)
- B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES

## Abstract

A plastic bottle includes an expanded blow-molding preform of plastic film. The expanded preform has a base configured to support the bottle in a free-standing upright position, a neck containing a fitment, and seams including only a single full-height seam extending from the base to the neck.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus comprising:
a fitment; and
an expanded blow-molding preform of plastic film having a base configured to support the expanded preform in a free-standing upright position, a neck containing the fitment, and seams including only a single full-height seam extending from the base to the neck.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein the single full-height seam includes bonded layers of plastic film that are folded inward to lie flat against an adjacent outer surface of the expanded preform.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein the expanded preform has front and back panels that face oppositely outward and are joined at the single full-height seam.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

An apparatus as defined in claim 3 wherein the expanded preform has a noncircular convex edge at which the single full-height seam defines a juncture between the front and back panels.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

An apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein the expanded preform has an additional edge with an undulating contour defining a handgrip.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein the neck is off-center.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein the expanded preform has a cross-section with an oval periphery, and the single full-height seam is located at a vertex of the oval periphery.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

An apparatus as defined in claim 7 wherein the expanded preform further has a handgrip portion with an undulating contour at an opposite vertex of the oval periphery.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

An apparatus as defined in claim 1 further comprising a cap for closing the fitment and a laundry product contained in the expanded preform.