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US 8,522,989 B2Granted
Plastic containers with a base coat thereon
AssigneePlastipak Packaging, Inc.
InventorRonald L. Uptergrove
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Abstract
A hollow plastic container having a closed lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the closed base, and an upper portion having a dispensing opening therein extending upwardly from the sidewall. The container also includes a digitally printed base coat on the sidewall having a thickness of from 1 to 200 microns, and preferably includes printed areas over at least portions of the base coat to provide a distinctive appearance.
Claims31
A container which comprises:
- a hollow plastic container having a closed lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the closed base, an upper portion having a dispensing opening therein extending upwardly from the sidewall, an inwardly oriented shoulder portion extending between said sidewall and said upper portion;
- and
- a digitally printed ink base coat in direct contact with said sidewall, wherein said base coat is comprised of digitally printed and cured ink and has a thickness of from 1 to 200 microns, and including a digitally printed raised print area provided on at least a portion of said base coat, the raised print area comprising a raised digitally printed letter, such raised digitally printed letter comprising droplets of cured digitally printed ink.
A container which comprises:
- a molded hollow plastic container including a closed lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the closed base, and an upper portion having a dispensing opening therein extending upwardly from the sidewall, a shoulder portion extending between said sidewall and said upper portion;
- and
- a digitally printed base coat comprised of a digitally printed and cured ink in direct ink-to-surface contact with said sidewall, wherein the digitally printed ink is cured and said base coat has a thickness of from 1 to 200 microns, and including digitally printed areas comprised of droplets of digitally printed and cured ink provided directly on at least portions of said base coat, wherein at least two digitally printed raised areas each include at least one raised digitally printed letter.
A container comprising:
- a molded hollow plastic container including a closed lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the closed base, and an upper portion having a dispensing opening therein extending upwardly from the sidewall;
- wherein:
- the sidewall includes an outwardly extending portion;
- a digitally printed ink base coat is provided in direct ink-to-surface contact with the outwardly extending portion, the digitally printed ink base coat is cured, and the digitally printed ink base coat has a thickness of from 1 to 200 microns;
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- a digitally printed raised print area comprised of droplets of digitally printed and cured ink, the digitally printed raised print area being provided upon at least a portion of the base coat provided on the outwardly extending portion, and the raised print area is a different color than the base coat.
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