Patent ID: 7213719

Claim:
A plastic container, which comprises: a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the lower base, and an upper neck portion with an opening therein, said neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall, and said sidewall having a lower portion and an upper portion; wherein the lower portion includes at least one lower panel having a central region and an outer boundary, with the outer boundary being depressed with respect to the central region, with the depressed outer boundary having side portions and top and bottom portions, and with said sidewall including opposed sidewall sections with said at least one lower panel at least in part extending substantially across a sidewall section; and wherein the upper sidewall portion includes a plurality of brick-like panels extending around the circumference of the container, wherein said brick-like panels are separate, spaced apart rectangular panels, and including greater than one row of said brick-like panels extending around the circumference of the container wherein the container sidewall includes a central sidewall portion between the lower and upper sidewall portion which is depressed with respect to the lower and upper sidewall, said depressed portion modulating circumferentially.