# US 2015/0144585 A1 · Bottle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0144585 A1 - Document ID: US20150144585A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/402,645 - Filed: 2012-06-07 - Published: 2015-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2012-06-07 - Assignees: Colgate-Palmolive Company - Inventors: John C. Crawford; Kiat-Cheong Toh; Michael P. Robinson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150144585A1 ## CPC - B65D 23/001: {Supporting means fixed to the container} - B65D 1/0246: {Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads} - B65D 51/249: {the closure being specifically formed for supporting the container} - 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 ## Abstract Provided is a bottle (100) having a body (20) and an opening at a first end (1) of the bottle (100). A closure (10) for the opening is movable relative to the body between closed and open positions. The bottle, optionally the closure, comprises first and second elements (14a, 14b) lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to a main axis (A) extending between the first end (1) of the bottle and an opposite second end of the bottle when the closure is in the closed position, the first and second elements being respective portions of the first end of the bottle that are furthest along the main axis from the second end of the bottle. The bottle, optionally the closure, also comprises a recessed portion (12) extending between the first and second elements (14a, 14b), the recessed portion (12) being recessed from the plane in a direction along the main axis towards the second end of the bottle, whereby the first and second elements (14a, 14b) are separated from each other in the plane by a gap. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bottle comprising: a body having an internal chamber and an opening, the opening being at a first end of the bottle; and a closure movable relative to the body between a closed position at which the closure prevents the chamber from being in fluid communication with an exterior of the bottle, and an open position at which the chamber is in fluid communication with the exterior of the bottle via the opening; wherein the first end of the bottle comprises first and second elements and a recessed portion extending from the first element to the second element; wherein each of the first and second elements is a line or a planar surface in a plane substantially perpendicular to a main axis extending between the first end of the bottle and an opposite second end of the bottle, the first and second elements being respective portions of the first end of the bottle that are furthest along the main axis from the second end of the bottle; wherein the recessed portion is recessed from the plane in a direction along the main axis towards the second end of the bottle, whereby the first and second elements are separated from each other in the plane by a gap, the first and second elements together occupying a first area in the plane; wherein the recessed portion projects, in a direction parallel to the main axis, a second area onto the plane; and wherein the first area is between 1% and 25% of the sum of the first and second areas. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein the first area is from any one of 1%, 3%, 4% and 5% of the sum of the first and second areas to any one of 10%, 15% and 20% of the sum of the first and second areas. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bottle of claim 2 wherein the first area is between 1% and 5% of the sum of the first and second areas. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1, wherein one or each of the first and second elements is a planar surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1, wherein the first and second areas together define an ellipse or a circle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The bottle of claim 5, wherein one or each of the first and second elements occupies an area in the plane that is a sector or a segment of the ellipse or of the circle or that is a crescent lying within the ellipse or within the circle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The bottle of claim 5, wherein the first element is diametrically opposite the second element in the ellipse or the circle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein a tangent to an edge of the second area is tangential to a part of one of the first and second elements at the point where the edge meets the part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein the bottle has a width in a first direction perpendicular to the main axis and a depth in a second direction perpendicular to both the main axis and the first direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The bottle of claim 9, wherein the width is greater than the depth. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The bottle of claim 9 wherein the first and second elements are spaced apart in the first direction by a distance that is more than 40% of the width, optionally more than 50% of the width. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The bottle of claim 9 wherein one or each of the first and second elements extends in the first direction by a distance that is between 2% and 10% of the width, optionally between 3% and 8% of the width, further optionally between 4% and 6% of the width. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The bottle of claim 9 wherein one or each of the first and second elements extends in the second direction by a distance that is between 15% and 70% of the depth, optionally between 30% and 55% of the depth, further optionally between 38% and 45%. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein one or each of the first and second elements is symmetrical about a first axis that lies in the plane and/or symmetrical about a second axis that lies in the plane and is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The bottle of claim 14, wherein the first axis extends in the first direction and the second axis extends in the second direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The bottle of claim 9, wherein one or each of the first and second elements is provided midway across the depth of the bottle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) The bottle of claim 9, when dependent upon any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the recessed portion extends in the first direction from the first element to the second element. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The bottle of claim 17, wherein the recessed portion extends in the first and/or second direction to a greater extent than one or each of the first and second elements. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein the first and second elements are comprised in the closure. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein the first and second elements are integral with the rest of the closure. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein the first and second elements are comprised in the body. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The bottle of claim 21 wherein the first and second elements are integral with the rest of the body. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein the size of an area in the plane occupied by the first element is substantially equal to the size of an area in the plane occupied by the second element. ### Claim 24 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein the first element is substantially the same shape as the second element. ### Claim 25 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein one or each of the first and second elements is substantially arc- or crescent-shaped. ### Claim 26 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein one or each of the first and second elements is non-annular. ### Claim 27 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein, when the first and second elements are in contact with a resting surface, between the first and second elements there is a space between the recessed portion and the resting surface. ### Claim 28 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein the closure remains connected to the body during movement of the closure relative to the body between the closed position and the open position. ### Claim 29 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein the closure is connected to the body via a hinge. ### Claim 30 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein the bottle comprises a first part and a second part connected to the first part, wherein the body forms the first part and a first portion of the second part, and wherein the closure forms a second portion of the second part. ### Claim 31 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein an area in the plane occupied by one or each of the first and second elements is zero, or substantially zero. ### Claim 32 (depends on 1) The bottle of claim 1 wherein the first and second elements are the only portions of the bottle that lie in the plane.