Patent ID: 8517195

Claim:
A blow moulded plastics container for storing liquid, wherein the container comprises a body with a central axis intended to be generally vertical during storage, an integral handle intended to be generally upright during storage and defining a handle eye with an aperture axis extending in a first direction through the body, said handle eye being taller than it is wide, and said body has a footprint with a longitudinal axis extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to said first direction, wherein the footprint defines four major sides and four major corner regions, with each major corner region arranged between a respective two of said major sides, the footprint has a centre point through which the longitudinal axis of the footprint extends and which is concentric with the central axis of the body, and wherein a maximum radial extent of the footprint from the centre point is greatest where the footprint intersects the longitudinal axis, corresponding to the location of two of said major corner regions, and the radial extent from the centre point at the other two of said four corner regions is less than the maximum radial extent of the footprint, a first two of said major corner regions are arranged at least generally in opposition along the longitudinal axis and a second two of said major corner regions are asymmetrically arranged about said longitudinal axis, and wherein the body defines a relief region on either side of the handle eye, and the size of the relief region on one side of the longitudinal axis is greater than the size of the relief region on the other side of the longitudinal axis.