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US 8,556,097 B2Granted
Container having vacuum panel with balanced vacuum and pressure response
AssigneeAmcor Limited
InventorsLuke A. Mast, Bradley S. Philip, Pankaj Kumar, David Downing
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Abstract
A container having a finish, a sidewall portion extending from the finish, a base portion extending from the sidewall portion and enclosing the sidewall portion to form a volume therein for retaining a commodity, and a panel area disposed in the sidewall portion. The panel area includes a belt land portion and a pair of inset portions in mirrored arrangement relative to the belt land portion, and a generally oval boundary area surrounding and containing the belt land portion and inset portions.
Claims8
A container comprising:
- a finish;
- a sidewall extending from said finish;
- a base extending from said sidewall and enclosing said sidewall to define a cavity for retaining a commodity;
- and
- a flexible panel disposed in said sidewall, said flexible panel including:
- a belt land portion;
- and
- a pair of inset portions each mirroring one another along said horizontal channel of said central panel and including:
- a plurality of concentric ribs extending outward from the cavity and commonly disposed about a central recess;
- and
- a plurality of concentric valleys extending inward toward the cavity and interspersed between said plurality of concentric ribs;
- and
- a generally oval boundary area surrounding and containing said belt land portion and said pair of inset portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.