Patent ID: 9370892
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: B29C,B65D,C03B

Claim Text:
1. A method of making a glass longneck bottle having a body with a closed base and a shoulder at an end of said body remote from said base, and a neck extending from said shoulder along an axis and terminating in a neck finish for attachment of a closure, wherein said neck widens between said neck finish and said shoulder, said method including the steps of: (a) forming a parison, (b) blowing said parison into a glass longneck bottle of one-piece integrally formed construction, and (c) during said step (a) and/or said step (b), forming at least one internal rib on said neck, wherein said step (c) includes: (c1) forming at least one external rib on said neck during said step (a), and (c2) pushing said at least one external rib into said neck during said step (b); or (c3) forming at least one external channel in said neck and a corresponding internal rib on said neck, wherein said step (c) further includes forming said at least one internal rib to be disposed entirely within said neck where said neck widens and at positions spaced from an internal surface of said finish and not extending into said shoulder.