Patent ID: 6478059
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A liquid container, comprising:(a) a container body having a closed bottom end and a continuous sidewall integrally connected to and extending from said closed bottom end and together therewith defining an interior chamber for containing a liquid; (b) a neck integrally connected to said continuous sidewall of said container body such that said container body and neck have a one-piece construction, said neck having a top defining a dispensing opening that constitutes the only means on said liquid container to allow passage of the liquid from said interior chamber of said container body to exteriorly of said liquid container; and (c) a plurality of alternating and interconnected vertical and horizontal walls provided on said neck below said top thereof and being of annular configuration and forming a plurality of lands stacked one above another with said horizontal walls thereof facing upwardly toward and protruding outwardly beyond said top of said neck such that said horizontal walls have respective diameters which become progressively greater going from an uppermost one of said lands located nearest to said top of said neck to a lowermost one of said lands located farthest from said top of said neck for making continuous contact with a corresponding one of a plurality of liquid reservoir filler open ends of different diameters that can receive said neck of said container body when the liquid is poured from said interior chamber of said container body through said neck and said opening thereof to exteriorly of said liquid container, said horizontal walls having outer and inner edges defining therebetween respective widths of said horizontal walls, each of said vertical walls being disposed between and interconnecting said outer edge of one of said horizontal walls with said inner edge of another of said horizontal walls adjacent to said one horizontal wall, said vertical walls having respective heights defined between said adjacent horizontal walls, said respective widths of said horizontal walls being equal to or greater than said respective heights of said vertical walls.