Patent ID: 8863991

Claim:
A condiment bottle structured and arranged to provide stability against tipping in both an upright and an inverted position, the condiment bottle comprising: a one-piece container fashioned from synthetic plastic material; an upper end of the container being structured and arranged to receive a cap; a neck region having a cross-section that enlarges, in both cross-sectional width and cross-sectional thickness, toward a lower end of the container; a shoulder region arranged at a lower end of the neck region and having a cross-sectional width that is greater than a cross-sectional thickness; a bottom region having a cross-sectional width that is greater than a cross-sectional thickness; a sidewall region arranged between the shoulder and bottom regions and having a cross-sectional width that is greater than a cross-sectional thickness; and at least a portion of the sidewall region having: a cross-sectional thickness that is less than the cross-sectional thickness of either the shoulder and bottom regions; and a cross-sectional width that is less than the cross-sectional width of either the shoulder and bottom regions, wherein opposite sides of the sidewall region defining the cross-sectional thickness comprise squeezable panels, wherein each squeezable panel being arranged above a curved edge located above the bottom region, and wherein a cross-sectional area of a middle portion of the sidewall region is less than a cross-sectional area of an upper portion of the sidewall region and more than a cross-sectional area of a lower portion of the sidewall region.