Patent ID: 6554146
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A blown, hot-fillable container for packaging a single serve quantity of a beverage, such container being formed from a co-extruded parison with a multiplicity of layers of a thermoplastic materials and comprising:a closed bottom; a generally cylindrical central portion; a bulbous heel joining said closed bottom and said central portion, said bulbous heel projecting radially outwardly beyond said central portion; a bulbous shoulder portion at an opposed end of said central portion and projecting radially outwardly beyond said central portion; a closure-receiving finish portion at a free end of said container; and an hourglass-shaped portion joining said shoulder portion and said finish portion; said enclosed bottom being free of radial strengthening ribs; and said central portion being provided with a spaced apart plurality of oblong-shaped vacuum panels to accommodate any shrinkage of the container under negative pressure resulting from capping and sealing said container with a hot-filled beverage therein while the beverage is still hot; wherein said plurality of vacuum panels consists of six vacuum panels each having a substantially greater height than width.