Patent ID: 7051889

Claim:
A thermoplastic container obtained by blow-molding or stretch-blow-molding of a preform, this container comprising a side wall and a bottom connected to this side wall, said bottom comprising, in its central region, an impression in the shape of a multi-branch cross impressed into the outer face of the bottom, this cross-shaped impression having a roughly circular central cup around which uniformly-spaced radially-extending branches radiate, wherein said bottom is of the petaloid type, with the bottom having a shape generally outwardly convex with at least three feet situated toward the periphery of the bottom and formed by uniformly angularly-spaced protrusions separated from one another by a convex wall portion of the bottom, wherein there are equal numbers of feet and branches of the cross-shaped impression, wherein the branches of the cross-shaped impression are arranged to correspond with the feet and aligned radially with respect to the feet, wherein each foot has a stress-absorbing notch in its bearing part, and wherein, in each foot, the stress-absorbing notch remains radially separate from the end of the corresponding branch of the cross-shaped impression.