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US 8,910,812 B2Granted
Container with grip panel and annular rib having variable width
AssigneePlastipak Packaging, Inc.
InventorMarc A. Pedmo
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Abstract
A plastic container includes a base, a neck portion with a dispensing opening, and a body portion. The body portion includes a horizontally-extending annular rib and a grip panel. The horizontally-extending annular rib may extend around the circumference of the body portion. The annular rib includes a variable vertical width and includes a pinch segment that is circumferentially and longitudinally offset from the grip panel. With some embodiments, the plastic container includes two grip panels and/or at least two horizontally-extending annular ribs.
Claims21
A plastic container comprising:
- a base configured to support the container;
- a neck portion including a dispensing opening;
- and
- a body portion including a horizontally-extending annular rib and a grip panel,
- wherein the horizontally-extending annular rib has a variable maximum vertical width and extends inwardly and substantially continuously around the circumference of the body portion, the annular rib has variable vertical width and includes a pinch segment with a minimum vertical width;
- the pinch segment is circumferentially and longitudinally offset from the grip panel;
- and the grip panel has a cross sectional shape that is non-circular.
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A plastic container comprising:
- a base configured to support the container;
- a neck portion including a dispensing opening;
- and
- a body portion including a horizontally-extending annular rib that has a variable maximum vertical width and a grip panel that includes a concave portion,
- wherein the annular rib extends inwardly and substantially continuously around the circumference of the body portion, the annular rib has variable vertical width and includes a pinch segment;
- the pinch segment is circumferentially and longitudinally offset from the grip panel;
- and the grip panel has a cross sectional shape that is non-circular.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.