Plastic container with reinforced base

Abstract

The invention relates to a plastic container (1) with a mouth region (2), a main body (4) adjoining this mouth region (2) in a longitudinal direction (L) of the plastic container (1), this main body having a peripheral wall extending around in a circumferential direction of the plastic container (1) and a container base (6) adjoining this main body (6), wherein this container base (6) has a central region (62) and a plurality of reinforcing ribs (64, 66) which, starting from this central region (62), extend in the direction of the circumferential wall (42). According to the invention a stepped portion extending at least partially in the circumferential region of the plastic container (1) is provided in a circumferential region (60) of the container base (6) which extends in the circumferential direction about the longitudinal direction (L), wherein a vertical position of this stepped portion (44) varies in the longitudinal direction (L).

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