Patent ID: 8777029

Claim:
A glass bottle having a body, a shoulder at one end of the body, a neck extending from the shoulder, and a finish at an end of the neck spaced from the shoulder, wherein the shoulder, the neck, and the finish have circular cross sections coaxial about a longitudinal axis of the bottle, characterized in that a bridge forms a fluid channel for pouring or venting depending upon orientation of the bottle during pouring, extends radially outwardly on the neck from a location spaced axially from the finish to the shoulder, and includes: an outer wall offset radially outwardly with respect to walls of the neck and the shoulder and, in a transverse cross section, including an incurvate inner surface, and a pair of side walls extending between the bridge outer wall and the walls of the neck and shoulder and, in the transverse cross section, including straight inner surfaces disposed at chordal angles with respect to the circular cross sections, wherein the fluid channel is established between the inner surface of the bridge outer wall and inner surfaces of the neck and shoulder walls, wherein a plane of symmetry bisects the bridge outer wall and extends through the longitudinal axis, wherein, in the transverse cross section, the side walls are shaped like legs of an isosceles trapezoid.