Patent ID: 9132933
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29L,B65D

Abstract:
1. A container, comprising: a flat foot base comprising a gate centered on a central axis of the container, a wall extending from the gate toward a resting surface of the container, and flat feet extending from the wall to the resting surface; a sidewall connected to the flat foot base and extending substantially along the central axis to define at least an interior portion of the container, the sidewall having a plurality of sidewall ribs; a bell connected to the sidewall and leading upward and radially inward to a finish; a plurality of strap ribs positioned in the flat foot base between the flat feet, the strap ribs extending radially outward from at least one of the gate and the wall toward the sidewall, and the strap ribs sloping upward relative to the resting surface toward the sidewall from the at least one of the gate and the wall to resist deformation of the base; and a plurality of recessed columns positioned in the sidewall and comprising shallow sections between adjacent sidewall ribs extending along a periphery of the sidewall and centered about the central axis, portions of the sidewall between the sidewall ribs substantially continuous along the periphery of the sidewall, and the recessed columns configured to resist at least one of bending, leaning, crumbling, and stretching along the sidewall, wherein the strap ribs and the recessed columns are vertically aligned with the central axis to form pressure resistance bands, each pressure resistance band comprising a strap rib vertically aligned with the central axis and a recessed column, and the pressure resistance bands configured to communicate forces on the container vertically along the container between the base and the sidewall to continuously resist deformation in the base and the sidewall, wherein the plurality of sidewall ribs comprises a plurality of varying depth ribs positioned along the periphery of the sidewall, each varying depth rib comprising a plurality of shallow sections and a plurality of deep sections, each shallow section having a rib depth less than that of each deep section, the plurality of shallow sections vertically aligned along the central axis to form the plurality of recessed columns, and the plurality of varying depth ribs comprising a hoop strength approximating that of a plurality of non-varying depth ribs, and wherein weight of the container is minimized.