Graham Packaging Company, L.p.

Abbott Laboratories Corporation

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

Stokely-van Camp, Inc.

Come Ready Foods LLC

The Coca-cola Company

The Folger Coffee Company

David B Heisner

Sheldon E Yourist

Anthony J Schlies

Stephen R Guerin

Justin A Howell

Jeffery F Feng

David D Kusch

Brent S Nelson

Dmitriy L Shmagin

Jason A Braun

Peter Borowski

Bret Sabold

Courtenay Cooper

Christy L Lebor

Jennifer Acerra

David P Piccioli

Michael Frederick Stephan

Mark O Borger

Willie F Hatcher

Alicia Evans

Margaret Reeber

Michael J Kelly

Wayne Perring

Patrick T Cavanaugh

Toshi Kojitani

Raymond A Pritchett, Jr

Scott E Bysick

Benton A Lewis

Richard R Johnston

Tapan Y Patel

Gregory Peter Dalea

Philip Sheets

Angie C Noll

Matthew T Gill

Ed Roubal

Darren Keith Robling

Joseph P Labadie

Edward J Roubal, Iii

Elion M Wentzel, Iii

Matthew Vogel

Jacob E Lewis

Jana M Zeigler

J Andrew Osgood

Wesley Wasson

Jamie Degroff

George Ikuya Nukuto

A reinforced plastic container having improved rim planarity. The container has a non-round main body portion integral with a finish portion. The main body portion has a central longitudinal axis and defines a hollow interior of the container. The finish portion has an upper surface defining a rim with a circumference framing a round opening that provides access to the hollow interior of the container, a radially outwardly extending snap bead being adapted to receive and retain a closure and hermetically seal the container and including interrupted portions located around the circumference of the rim, and a plurality of reinforcements located in the interrupted portions of the snap bead and assuring substantial planarity of the upper surface of the rim even when substantial forces act on the container. Each reinforcement has a strut bounded by and centered between a pair of strut indents, with each indent supported by a buttress.

Container finish having improved rim planarity

Canister

A container including a body having a base defining a closed end, a finish defining an opposite open end, and a sidewall between the base and finish. The base includes a support surface defining a reference plane and a contoured base recess extending inwardly from the support surface to a maximum base recess height 'h' from the plane. The sidewall includes a concave rib extending circumferentially around the body. A center of the rib is disposed at a rib height 'h' from the plane. The ratio &#x201c;h:h&#x201d; is between 1:3 and 1:5. The rib includes a radiused transition surface extending from the base to an angled inner surface and having a radius of curvature &#x201c;r&#x201d; of at least 0.10 inches. The angled inner surface has an angle &#x201c;a&#x201d; relative to the plane of between 28 and 80 degrees. A method and mold assembly for making the container are also provided.

Container with recessed base and concave rib

Container

Bottle

An asymmetric pressurized plastic container includes a bottom, a shoulder portion and a finish portion that is unitary with an upper end of the shoulder portion. A generally cylindrical bumper portion having a first longitudinal axis is provided at a lower end of the shoulder portion. A generally cylindrical main body portion having a second longitudinal axis is positioned beneath the bumper portion and has at least a first sidewall feature defined therein. The first and second longitudinal axes are offset so as to compensate for any lateral deflection of the container that may occur as a result of pressurization acting upon the first sidewall feature. In addition, the main body portion may include a second sidewall feature to provide additional compensation against lateral deflection of the container causes a result of pressurization acting upon the first sidewall feature.

Asymmetric pressurized plastic container

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David B Heisner