Patent ID: 8177098

Claim:
A one-piece plastic container comprising: a body defining a longitudinal axis and having an upper portion, a sidewall portion and a base portion, said upper portion being injection molded and said sidewall portion and said base portion being stretch blow molded, said sidewall portion including a sidewall inner surface, said upper portion having a spout with a spout inner diameter surface defining an opening into the container and a finish offset radially outwardly from said spout, wherein a trough is formed at a first transition between said finish and said spout, said trough defining a passage into said body, said finish defining an annular sidewall having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, said outer diameter defining at least one thread and said inner diameter defining a threadless surface that transitions into an arcuate surface that forms part of said trough, said at least one thread and said threadless surface being on opposite sides of said annular sidewall, a second transition between said sidewall inner surface and said spout inner diameter surface being substantially smooth and continuous, said upper portion also including a support ring on an outer surface thereof, said support ring extending radially outward from said outer surface, said support ring being disposed along the longitudinal axis between said finish and said sidewall portion, said container configured to be supported by said support ring for stretch blow molding of said sidewall portion and said base portion, wherein the at least one thread extends radially outward from the outer diameter of the sidewall, and wherein the support ring has an equal diameter to the outer diameter of the sidewall.