Patent ID: 7472798
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A blow-molded container comprising a base, a side wall having a lower margin joining the base, the side wall extending upward from the base to an upper margin, a shoulder portion extending upward and axially inward above the upper margin of the side wall to a finish defining a opening adapted to accept a closure, the upper and lower margins of the side wall having a plurality of horizontal linear segments joined together by corner portions, the side wall including an even number of horizontally adjacent planar segments joined together to define a polygonal waist located between the upper and lower margins, a vacuum responsive panel situated between each of the linear segments of the upper and lower margins and the planar segment of the waist aligned with each margin linear segment, with lateral edges of each vacuum responsive panel being joined by generally vertical, axially converging surfaces extending between each margin corner portion and a planar segment of the waist, each vacuum responsive panel having a generally planar portion adjacent the margin linear segment and a dimple adjacent the waist planar segment.