Patent ID: 9707711
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B29B,B29C,B29K,B29L,B65D

Claim:
1. An injection stretch blow molded plastic bottle comprising: a threaded neck portion defining an opening into the plastic bottle; a body portion having a sidewall and a plurality of deep-set grips, each said deep-set grip having a first surface portion and first hinge, and a second surface portion and second hinge, each hinge having a wall thickness being thinner than immediately surrounding portions of the sidewall on both sides of the hinge, the first surface portion and the second surface portion each configured to rotate, in response to a force applied thereupon, about the first hinge and the second hinge, respectively, from an as-formed configuration extending away from an interior of the bottle to a final, deep-set configuration extending inwardly toward the interior of the bottle; and a base portion defining a standing surface of the plastic bottle.