Patent ID: 8381496
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: B29C,B29D,B29L,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a plastic container, comprising: (a) providing a plastic container having an upper portion including a finish, a sidewall, a lower portion including a base defining a standing surface, and a substantially transversely-oriented pressure panel located in the base; (b) introducing heated liquid contents into the plastic container with the pressure panel located in an inwardly-inclined position entirely between the standing surface and the upper portion, with the incline of the pressure panel being defined from a direction from the standing surface toward the central longitudinal axis of the plastic container; (c) capping the plastic container; and after said step (c), (d) moving the pressure panel to an outwardly-inclined position entirely between the standing surface and the upper portion.