Patent ID: 7374055

Claim:
A plastic container; comprising: a first portion; a second portion; a waist between said first portion and said second portion, said waist comprising a first angled portion coupled to said first portion, a second angled portion coupled to said second portion, and a curved portion connecting said first angled portion to said second angled portion for forming a deformable region for preventing a catastrophic failure of said waist when the plastic container is filled and capped and subjected to an external force, wherein an innermost portion of said curved portion defines a longitudinal axis; wherein a first radial distance taken from the longitudinal axis to an exterior point where said first angled portion couples to said first portion is less than a second radial distance taken from the longitudinal axis to an exterior point where said second angled portion couples to said second portion; and wherein the ratio of the first radial distance to the second radial distance is between 0.0 and 0.5.