Patent ID: 7344038

Claim:
A single-use beverage bottle, the bottle comprising: a. a container adapted to hold the beverage, said container having a wall, said wall having a wall outer surface; b. a plurality of annular rings, said plurality of annular rings engaging said wall outer surface; c. a plurality of annular reinforcing members, each of said annular reinforcing members engaging said wall outer surface and one of said annular rings, each of said annular reinforcing members being adapted to resist deformation of one of said annular rings during handling of said container; d. a plurality of interior volumes, each of said plurality of said interior volumes being defined by one of said annular rings and said wall outer surface; e. a gas filling each of said interior volumes, each of said interior volumes being sealed such that said gas is confined within said each of said interior volumes, said gas having a pressure, each of said annular rings having a preselected shape, said pressure being selected to be sufficiently greater than an ambient air pressure such that each said annular ring substantially maintains said pre-selected shape during handling of the single-use beverage bottle.