Patent ID: 6857531

Claim:
A plastic container comprising: a self-supporting base; a body portion extending above the base, said body portion including an annular wall; and a neck portion extending above the body portion, said neck portion including a dispensing opening; wherein said body portion includes a substantially rigid sidewall portion including a structural reinforcement, said structural reinforcement including a plurality of reinforcement formations extending around said annular wall in the form of indentations and interspersed lands arranged in a staggered, overlapping configuration, said reinforcement formations being rectangular, brick-like formations with a recessed central portion, wherein said reinforcement formations are separated by intervening raised lands and are present in a plurality of circumferential rows each of which extend completely around said annular wall, and wherein said rectangular, brick-like formations have a width and a depth, and the ratio of width to depth is from 10:1 to 2:1.