Bottle-type plastic container with longitudinally variable grip width to accommodate multiple hand sizes

A bottle-type plastic container comprising a container body and an opening at one end of the container body, for allowing liquid contents to be charged into the container and discharged therefrom, said container body having surface portions which are recessed inwards and opposed to each other to define opposed depressions, a circumferentially extending reinforcing rib being provided within each depression to divide each depression into an upper and a lower portion, and a grip region defined between the opposed depressions, wherein the grip region has a width that changes gradually in a longitudinal direction of the container body so that the combination of the upper portion of each depression and a corresponding upper portion of the grip region define a first gripping area sized to fit a hand of a first size and the combination of the lower portion of each depression and a corresponding lower portion of the grip region define a second gripping area sized to fit a hand of a second, different size.