Pepsico, Inc.

Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, LLC

Amcor Group Gmbh

Guizhang Zheng

William R Eaton

Mark A Woloszyk

Sean K Horita

David R Schlesinger

Richard Kraft

Jay L Ostby

Ryan Maloney

Rohit Joshi

James Stelzer

Christopher Erlin Granneberg

Raymundo Martinez

Dwayne Gannon

Theodore F Eberle

Pankaj Kumar

Walter J Strasser

Mark Woloszyk

Nitin Gulati

A non-round container including a sidewall with an outer surface. A first vacuum panel is recessed beneath the outer surface and includes at least one first rib. A second vacuum panel is recessed beneath the outer surface and includes at least one second rib. A middle vacuum panel is recessed beneath the outer surface and is positioned between the first and the second vacuum panels. The middle vacuum panel includes at least one middle rib.

Vacuum panel for non-round containers

A container including at least one sidewall. The sidewall includes first and second vacuum panels, and a plurality of first and second ribs. The first and second vacuum panels are recessed beneath an outer surface of the sidewall. The second vacuum panel is spaced apart from, and vertically aligned with, the first vacuum panel. The plurality of first ribs protrude outward from the first vacuum panel. The plurality of second ribs protrude outward from the second vacuum panel.

A one-piece plastic container including a base portion. A gate area is at an axial center of the base portion. A plurality of feet are radially spaced apart about the axial center. Each strap of a plurality of straps is arranged between neighboring feet. Each one of a plurality of fillet areas is arranged between one of the plurality of feet and straps on opposite sides thereof. A cumulative strap surface area is defined by a total surface area of the plurality of straps, the gate area, and half a total surface area of the plurality of fillet areas. A cumulative foot surface area defined by a total surface area of the plurality of feet and half the total surface area of the plurality of fillet areas. The base portion has a ratio of cumulative foot surface area to cumulative strap surface area in the range of 2.4-2.8:1.

Footed container base

Bottle

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