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US 2018/0265243 A1Published application
Container having varying wall thickness
AssigneeBerry Global, Inc.
InventorsBrady G. GUTEKUNST, Jacob R. KENT, Kiran M. D'SILVA
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Abstract
A container having varying material distribution or wall thickness is disclosed.
Claims14
A bottle, comprising:
- a neck and a body;
- the bottle extending from a top to a bottom and having a height measured from the bottom to the top, the bottle having a varying outer diameter over the bottle height, the neck disposed between the top of the bottle and the body, the body disposed between the neck and the bottom of the bottle;
- the body extending from a bottom of the body to a top of the body, the body having at least one body wall thickness;
- the neck having a relatively smaller outer diameter than an outer diameter of the body;
- the bottle outer diameter transitioning from the relatively smaller neck outer diameter to the relatively larger body outer diameter through a shoulder having a varying shoulder outer diameter;
- the shoulder having a bottom with a shoulder bottom diameter approximately that of the body diameter;
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- a bottle wall thickness that is variable over the height of the bottle;
- a material reinforced area around a circumference of the bottle, the material reinforced area located adjacent at least one of the bottom of the shoulder and the bottom of the body;
- the material reinforced area having a material reinforced area wall thickness approximately equal to or greater than the greatest body wall thickness.
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A container, comprising:
- an opening adjacent the top of the container and configured to allow filling of a product storage region with contents and discharge of those contents;
- the product storage region at least partially defined by a body and a floor;
- the body interposed between the opening and the floor;
- the floor at least partially forming a bottom of the container, the floor having a first floor thickness;
- a neck disposed between the body and the opening and configured to allow the passage of contents into and out of the product storage region, the neck having at least one neck wall thickness at a first neck location;
- a shoulder disposed between the body and the neck, the shoulder having at least one shoulder thickness at a first shoulder location;
- a heel disposed between the body and the floor, the heel having at least one heel thickness;
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- the body having a body wall extending from a bottom of the shoulder to a top of the heel, the body wall having at least one body wall thickness;
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- a material reinforced area substantially around the perimeter of the bottle at a first reinforced material location and having a material reinforced wall thickness;
- wherein the material reinforced wall thickness is greater than the greatest body wall thickness;
- wherein the material reinforced area is adjacent at least one of the heel and the bottom of the shoulder.
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A bottle, comprising:
- a neck and a body;
- the body having at least one body wall thickness;
- the neck having a relatively smaller diameter than the body;
- the neck width transitioning to the relatively larger body diameter through a shoulder having varying diameter;
- the shoulder having a bottom with a shoulder bottom diameter approximately that of the body diameter;
- a heel disposed between the body and the floor, the heel having a top with a heel top diameter approximately that of the body diameter;
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- a material reinforced area around the heel;
- the material reinforced area having a material reinforced area wall thickness greater than the greatest body wall thickness.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.