Patent ID: 6763969
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A blow-molded plastic bottle (10, 110, 210) having a dome (12, 112, 212) with an upstanding finish (18, 118, 218), a base (14, 114, 214), and a substantially tubular sidewall (16, 116, 216) between the base (14, 114, 214) and the dome (12,112, 212), said sidewall (16, 116, 216) comprising:an alternating pattern of a plurality of circumferentially-spaced vertically-elongate columns (24, 124, 224) and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced substantially smooth-surfaced panels (22, 122, 222); each of said columns (24, 124, 224), as formed, being outwardly convex in horizontal cross section and each of said panels (22, 122, 222), as formed, being inwardly concave in horizontal cross section with each of said panels (22, 122, 222) extending laterally between and connecting directly to an adjacent pair of said columns (24, 124, 224); and each of said columns (24, 124, 224), as formed, being outwardly convex in vertical cross section and each of said panels (22, 122, 222), as formed, being inwardly concave in vertical cross section with each of said columns (24, 124, 224) and panels (22, 122, 222) having opposite ends merging directly into adjacent portions of the bottle (10, 110, 210).