Patent ID: 6109006
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B29C,B29D,B29K,B29L,B65D

Abstract:
A container for an ingestible product, said container having a tubular multi-layer wall portion, comprising:a. an inner multi-component layer of said wall portion formed by extrusion having at least two discrete sublayers and extending longitudinally of said container and terminating in opposing open flanged end portions, one of said sublayers comprising virgin polyethylene terephthalate and another of said sublayers comprising a barrier sublayer of a thermoplastic material having a reduced permeability to oxygen and carbon dioxide relative to the permeability to oxygen and carbon dioxide of said virgin polyethylene terephthalate;b. said wall portion further comprising an outer layer material formed by extrusion of recycled polyethylene terephthalate, said outer layer material having a thickness greater than the thickness of the barrier sublayer of said interior layer;c. said multi-layer wall portion extruded and calibrated as an tubular member with a total wall thickness of about 0.01 to 0.08 inches.