Patent ID: 6149024
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A plastic bottle having a sculptured appearance, the bottle comprising a base portion for supporting the bottle on an underlying substrate, a side wall portion extending upward from the base portion, a shoulder portion extending upward from the side wall portion to a neck portion, and a finish portion united to the neck portion and adapted to receive a closure, at least one of the side wall and shoulder portions comprising circumferentially-extending inner and outer surfaces defining a thickness thereof therebetween and a plurality of circumferentially spaced generally outwardly protruding ribs, each of said ribs formed by outward projections formed in the inner and outer surfaces, each of the outward projections in the inner surface aligned with its respective outward projection in the outer surface so that the thickness remains substantially circumferentially uniform, the portions of the bottle between each of the ribs having an outwardly-convex transverse cross section, each of the ribs being joined together by a set of circumferentially extending rib segments giving the bottle an appearance of substantial variation in thickness.