Patent ID: 8991441
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A hot-fillable plastic bottle of generally square shape in bottom end view, but with chamfered corners, the plastic bottle being without any hoop rings and comprising: a threaded upper portion defining an opening into the bottle and having a lip at an end thereof opposite the opening, said threaded upper portion being configured to be threadedly mated with a cap; an elongate neck portion arranged adjacent to said threaded upper portion, said elongate neck portion tapering radially outward in a direction away from said threaded upper portion; a body portion having four sidewalls and being arranged adjacent to a widest part of said elongate neck portion, each said sidewall having an outer surface and a recessed moveable panel with a generally rectangular perimeter in a side view of the bottle, each recessed moveable panel being recessed relative to the outer surface of the sidewall with long sides of the recessed moveable panel running vertically in a longitudinal direction of the bottle, and the recessed moveable panel including: and a base portion arranged adjacent to said body portion and having a lower-most portion thereof defining a standing surface of the bottle, wherein each of said recessed moveable panels is configured (i) to flex outward temporarily without permanently deforming, rolling-out, or inverting in response to an internal pressure within the bottle, and (ii) to flex inward in response to an internal vacuum.