Multi-Layer Blow Molded Article with Functional Visual and/or Tactile Effects
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsNicole Ashley Rizzo, Andrew Joseph Horton, Joseph Craig Lester, Philip Andrew Sawin
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Abstract
Blow molded articles having a predetermined feature incorporated into the wall provided by variations in the thickness of the wall of the article corresponding to a predetermined pattern etched into the perform from which the article was formed. Also, etched performs for making blow molded articles and methods for making such performs and articles.
Claims20
A multi-layer blow molded article formed from a perform etched in a predetermined pattern, the article comprising:
- a neck forming an opening;
- a body portion extending from the neck to a base, the body portion including one or more walls surrounding an interior space in fluid communication with the opening, the one or more walls having an article inner surface, an article outer surface, and a thickness;
- a predetermined feature incorporated into at least a portion of the one or more walls, wherein the predetermined feature is provided by variations in the thickness of the one or more walls corresponding to the predetermined pattern.
A multi-layer perform for blow molding formed from a thermoplastic material, the perform comprising:
- a body having one or more walls and an opening, wherein at least a portion of the body includes an etched portion having at least some of the thermoplastic material removed in a predetermined pattern.
The perform of claim 15 wherein the etching is thermal-etching.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.