Patent ID: 8308006

Claim:
A hot-fill container with an internal volume, the container having a central, vertical axis, the container having an initial state and a vacuum state, the internal volume being subject to a vacuum pressure when in the vacuum state, the container comprising: a threaded finish portion; a shoulder portion located adjacent to the finish portion; a bottom portion to support the container; a plurality of collapsible body portions that deform when the container changes between the initial state and the vacuum state, one of the collapsible body portions having a cross section taken perpendicular to the central vertical axis, the cross section curving both inward concavely toward the central vertical axis and outward convexly away from the central vertical axis when in the vacuum state; a plurality of grooves disposed between the shoulder portion and the bottom portion to provide circumferential strength to the plurality of collapsible body portions; and a smooth-surface, cylindrical rigid label panel located immediately between a pair of the grooves and a pair of the collapsible body portions, and only one groove is located between each of the collapsible body portions.