Patent ID: 7918355
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K,B29L,B65D

Abstract:
1. A blow-molded plastic container having an upper portion, a body portion extending from said upper portion to a base, said base closing off an end of said container; said upper portion, said body portion and said base cooperating to define a receptacle chamber within said container into which product can be filled, said blow-molded plastic container comprising: a mouth formed in said upper portion defining an opening into the container; and a radial sidewall of said upper portion defined in part by at least one groove formed in an outer diameter, said at least one groove sloping gradually downward along said radial sidewall and away from said opening, wherein an inner diameter of said radial sidewall defines a non-linear cross-section, wherein each of said at least one groove initiates at a groove entrance defined at an intersection between an inward sweeping radial lip and an outward sweeping radial lip.