Footed hot-fill container

A blow-molded container of thermoplastic resin having a finish and a hollow body with a generally cylindrical tempered side wall portion rotationally symmetric about a longitudinaly axis of the container, said container comprising a tempered shoulder portion integrally joining the tempered side wall portion to the finish, the tempered shoulder and the tempered sidewall portions being thermostabilized so as to relax the residual stresses therein to withstand hot filling, and a non-tempered integral base merging with the tempered side wall, the non-tempered base being defined by an outer surface comprising a plurality of non-tempered downward projections separated from each other by generally arcuate segments extending essentially from the cylindrical tempered side wall to the longitudinal axis of the container, a radially outwardly and upwardly curved non-tempered portion defining the lower most extent of the non-tempered downward projections, and an inclined non-tempered outer wall portion located between the cylindrical tempered side wall and the radially outwardly and upwardly curved non-tempered portion.