Plastic cafare
AssigneeGraham Packaging Company, L.P.
InventorsSheldon Yourist, John Denner, Angie Noll, Roger Prevot
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Abstract
A plastic carafe includes a body portion having an enclosed base defined by a plurality of upstanding posts and a plurality of panels separating the posts from one another. The carafe further includes a neck portion having a blown finish at the top of the carafe that defines a wide-mouth. A shoulder portion transitions the posts and panels to the neck portion.
Claims40
A plastic carafe having a top and a bottom, comprising:
- a body portion having an enclosed base and defined by a plurality of upstanding substantially flat posts and a plurality of adjacent panels, each of the plurality of panels separating one of the plurality of posts from one another and each of said posts joined to the adjacent panel by a rounded corner;
- a flared neck portion having a blown finish and defining a wide mouth;
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- a shoulder portion transitioning each of said posts and said panels to said neck portion.
A system for containing liquids, comprising:
- a plastic carafe having a top and a bottom, the carafe comprising
- a body portion having an enclosed base and defined by a plurality of upstanding substantially flat posts and a plurality of adjacent panels, each of the plurality of panels separating one of the plurality of posts from one another and each of said posts joined to the adjacent panel by a rounded corner;
- a flared neck portion having a blown finish and defining a wide mouth;
- and a shoulder transitioning each of said posts and said panels to said neck portion;
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- a closure adapted to engage the wide mouth and seal the carafe.
A method of making a blow-molded PET carafe container having an externally-threaded wide mouth finish for receiving a removable closure, comprising the steps of:
- disposing a preform in a mold cavity having a mold surface with a container body region, and a moil forming region superadjacent said container body region,
- said container body region configured to form the container, wherein the container comprises a body portion having an enclosed base and defined by a plurality of upstanding substantially flat posts and a plurality of adjacent panels, each of the plurality of panels separating one of the plurality of posts from one another and each of said posts joined to the adjacent panel by a rounded corner;
- a flared neck portion having an externally-threaded blown finish and defining a wide mouth;
- and a shoulder portion transitioning each of said posts and said panels to said neck portion,
- distending said preform against said mold surface to form an intermediate container article having a moil portion superadjacent a threaded portion;
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- severing said moil portion to produce the wide mouth carafe container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.