Patent ID: 8955716
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K,B29L,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A one-piece plastic container comprising: a body defining a longitudinal axis and having an upper portion, a sidewall portion and a base portion, said upper portion having a spout generally defined by a cylindrical radial wall, said spout defining an opening into the container, said upper portion also including a finish offset radially outwardly from said spout, wherein a trough is formed at a transition between said finish and said spout, said trough defining a passage into said body, an outside diameter of said cylindrical radial wall and an inside diameter of said finish being off-center relative to each other, and wherein said sidewall portion is integrally formed with and extends from said upper portion to said base portion, said base portion closing off an end of the container; and a protruding terminal pour location, wherein said protruding terminal pour location protrudes from an outer surface of said cylindrical radial wall: wherein said spout includes a terminal lip, an entirety of the terminal lip lying substantially within a plane that extends generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis; wherein said spout includes a first end wall and a second end wall spaced apart from the first end wall to define a longitudinal slot therebetween; wherein said trough slopes toward said passage and defines a non-orthogonal angle relative to said longitudinal axis; wherein said trough defines a first angle relative to a transverse line perpendicular to said longitudinal axis and drawn through the container from said longitudinal axis to said passage, and a second angle relative to the transverse line from said longitudinal axis to a diametrically opposed point relative to the passage, wherein said first angle is greater than said second angle; and wherein the one-piece plastic container is an injection-stretch blow molded, biaxially oriented container with a unitary construction, the one-piece plastic container blow molded from a preform including the upper portion, the sidewall portion, and the base portion closing off an end of the preform.