Patent ID: 7748551

Claim:
A thin walled, plastic container for containing a liquid filled initially in a hot state and then sealed, the container having a longitudinal axis, a finish adapted to receive a closure sealing the container, a neck situated below and supporting the finish, a shoulder portion situated below the neck, a base, and a body portion connecting the shoulder portion to the base, the body portion including upper and lower margins defining a label mount area between the margins, the label mount area comprising a plurality of inwardly recessed vacuum panels, each adjacent pair of vacuum panels being spaced apart from each other by a post of width W, the vacuum panels having upper and lower edges spaced from the upper and lower margins of the label mount area by at least one indented reinforcing ring, the upper and lower edges of each vacuum panel being spaced from the nearest adjacent indented reinforcing ring by a distance D that is less than width W, the upper and lower edges of each vacuum panel including an inclined margin of height H that is greater than distance D, and each of the vacuum panels having corners defined by a radius R that is less than about 1.2 D.