Patent ID: 7727605

Claim:
A container which comprises: a plastic container having a base portion adapted to support the container, a cylindrical sidewall projecting upwardly from said base portion, and a neck finish projecting upwardly from said cylindrical sidewall and having an opening to the inside of the container; said container further comprising a thermoplastic molded outer layer having an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer layer extending over the base portion, cylindrical sidewall and neck finish of said container, with an inner layer extending over the inner surface of the outer layer, wherein the neck finish of said container is free from the inner layer; and wherein the outer layer is the outermost layer of said container and contains at least one oxygen scavenger material that reacts with oxygen, the oxygen scavenging material is provided throughout the entire outer layer, and the inner layer includes at least one oxygen barrier material, with the neck finish of said container free from the oxygen barrier material included in the inner layer, such that the neck finish permits oxygen trapped in the container to be consumed by the oxygen scavenger; and wherein the outer layer has a thickness of from 6 to 23 mils, the inner layer is a non-structural amorphous carbon coating and has a thickness of from 0.5 to 10 microns, and the oxygen ingress through the sidewall of the container is from 0.0010 to 0.0060 cc/pkg/day.