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US 8,025,176 B2Granted
Plastic container including a grip feature
AssigneePlastipak Packaging, Inc.
InventorsJ. Steven Little, James J. Miller
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Abstract
A blow molded, hollow plastic container including two opposed, relatively longer sidewall portions which alternate with two opposed, relatively shorter sidewall portions. A first of the relatively shorter sidewall portions includes a grip area, and the opposed second relatively shorter sidewall portion includes a pour area.
Claims16
A plastic container which comprises:
- a blow molded plastic body having a generally rounded trapezoidal-shaped base, a generally rounded trapezoidal-shaped sidewall extending upwardly from the base, and a neck finish extending upwardly from the sidewall and having a generally rounded trapezoidal-shaped opening to a container interior;
- wherein said sidewall includes two opposed, relatively longer sidewall portions which alternate with two opposed, relatively shorter sidewall portions;
- said neck finish includes two opposed relatively longer neck finish side portions which extend upwardly from said longer sidewall portions, and two opposed relatively shorter first and second neck finish side portions which extend upwardly from said shorter sidewall portions, the first relatively shorter neck finish side portion is relatively longer than the second relatively shorter neck finish side portion;
- a first of said relatively shorter sidewall portions being relatively longer than a second of said relatively shorter sidewall portions, with said first relatively shorter sidewall portion including:
- a height extending between the base and the neck finish, and
- an integral hand or finger grip area including two spaced apart grip area recesses extending a vertical distance that is greater than one-half of the height of the first relatively shorter sidewall portion, and a first of said grip area recesses extends over a portion of a first of said longer sidewall portions that is adjacent to the first grip area recess;
- and,
- wherein a first circumference of the opening is smaller than a second circumference of the base, and a total length of the first longer sidewall portion is greater than the height of the first relatively shorter sidewall portion.
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A single one-piece, unitary molded plastic container comprising:
- a generally rounded trapezoidal-shaped base;
- a generally rounded trapezoidal-shaped sidewall extending upwardly from the base;
- and,
- a neck finish extending upwardly from the sidewall and having a generally rounded trapezoidal-shaped opening to a container interior;
- wherein the sidewall includes two opposed, relatively longer sidewall portions which alternate with two opposed, relatively shorter sidewall portions;
- the neck finish includes two opposed relatively longer neck finish side portions which extend upwardly from the longer sidewall portions, and two opposed relatively shorter first and second neck finish side portions which extend upwardly from the shorter sidewall portions, the first relatively shorter neck finish side portion is relatively longer than the second relatively shorter neck finish side portion;
- and
- a first of said relatively shorter sidewall portions being relatively longer than a second of said relatively shorter sidewall portions, with said first relatively shorter sidewall portion including:
- a height extending between the base and the neck finish, and
- an integral hand or finger grip area including two spaced apart grip area recesses extending a vertical distance that is greater than one-half of the height of the first relatively shorter sidewall portion, and a first of said grip area recesses extends over a portion of a first of said longer sidewall portions that is adjacent to the first grip area recess;
- and,
- wherein a first circumference of the opening is smaller than a second circumference of the base, and a total length of the first longer sidewall portion is greater than the height of the first relatively shorter sidewall portion.
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A single one-piece, unitary molded plastic container comprising:
- a generally rounded trapezoidal-shaped base;
- a generally rounded trapezoidal-shaped sidewall extending upwardly from the base;
- and
- a neck finish extending upwardly from the sidewall and having a generally rounded trapezoidal-shaped opening to a container interior;
- wherein the sidewall includes two opposed, relatively longer sidewall portions which alternate with two opposed, relatively shorter sidewall portions;
- the neck finish includes two opposed relatively longer neck finish side portions which extend upwardly from the longer sidewall portions, and two opposed relatively shorter first and second neck finish side portions which extend upwardly from the shorter sidewall portions, the first relatively shorter neck finish side portions is relatively longer than the second relatively shorter neck finish side portion;
- wherein a first of the relatively shorter sidewall portions is relatively longer than a second of the relatively shorter sidewall portions, the first relatively shorter sidewall portion includes:
- an integral hand or finger grip area, the grip area extends over a portion of the relatively longer sidewall portions, the grip area includes two spaced apart recess grip areas that each extend over a portion of the adjacent longer sidewall portions;
- wherein the second relatively shorter sidewall portion includes:
- a height extending between the base and the neck finish, and
- a pour area recess beneath the second relatively shorter neck finish side portion,
- wherein the pour area recess longitudinally extends along a majority of the height of the second relatively shorter sidewall portion;
- and,
- wherein a total length of a first of said longer sidewall portions is greater than the height of the second relatively shorter sidewall portion.
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