Patent ID: 7918356
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K,B65D

Abstract:
1. A 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 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 therein, said at least one groove sloping gradually downward along said radial sidewall and away from said opening, 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.