Strengthened petaloid base of a container
AssigneeSidel Participations
InventorMichel Boukobza
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Abstract
Container (1) of thermoplastic material produced by blowing or stretch blowing of a blank, said container comprising a petaloid bottom (3) provided with projecting feet (4) separated by hollow valleys (8) that extend radially from a central zone (5) of the bottom (3), each foot (4) having two flanks (9), each of which laterally borders a valley (8). Each foot (4) is provided, on each of its flanks (9), with a cheek (18) that projects laterally from the side of the valley (8).
Claims8
A container of thermoplastic material produced by blowing or stretch blowing a blank, said container comprising a petaloid bottom provided with projecting feet separated by hollow valleys that extend radially from a central zone of the petaloid bottom, each projecting foot having two substantially flat flanks, each flank of which laterally borders a side of one of the hollow valleys, and each projecting foot is provided, on each flank of the projecting foot, with a corresponding cheek that projects laterally from the flank to a respective hollow valley that is laterally bordered by the flank;
- and wherein each cheek has at least one edge where the cheek connects to the flank from which the cheek protrudes by a fillet with double curvature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.