Patent ID: 6739467
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A bottle shaped plastic container, comprising:a body having a longitudinal direction and a circumferential direction; an opening at a top of the container that allows liquid contents to be charged into the container and discharged therefrom; a middle height region of the body, the middle height region comprising: a non-flat front surface portion having a first radius of curvature, the first radius of curvature being substantially constant in the circumferential direction and substantially constant along the longitudinal direction, the front surface portion comprising substantially all of the middle height region that is viewable from a front of the bottle; a non-flat rear surface portion having a second radius of curvature, the second radius of curvature being substantially constant in the circumferential direction and substantially constant along the longitudinal direction, the rear surface extending circumferentially outwards from a point substantially opposite a center point of the front surface portion; a grip region, wherein sides of the middle height portion substantially adjacent to the rear surface portion are recessed inwards and juxtaposed to each other; and a reinforcement having a third substantially constant radius of curvature, the reinforcement located substantially in the center of the rear surface portion in the longitudinal direction of the body and that extends at least partially in the circumferential direction of the body; wherein the third radius of curvature is larger than the second radius of curvature and the second radius of curvature is larger than the first radius of curvature.