Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Johannes Zimmer

Nicolas Dabrowski

Stuart M Leslie

Jason C Billig

Daniel T Kim

Alexey Vishtal

Vincent Teniere

Julius Petrausch

Violette Bourg

Michael Karlheinz Hausmann

Christina Dannenberg

The invention relates to a container (), preferably a bottle, which extends along a main axis (A) and comprising a wall forming a neck portion (), a shoulder portion () connected to the neck portion (), a body portion () connected to the shoulder portion (), the body portion () comprising a grip portion (), and a base portion () forming the bottom of the container () and connected to the body portion (). The grip portion () comprises, over at least the majority of its dimension along the main axis (A), a plurality of spiral ribs () formed by the wall of the container () and spiralling in parallel around the main axis (A). The spiral ribs drastically increase side stability, compression and twisting deformation resistance of the container, while they have a non-technical and appealing appearance.

Container having an improved side-load deformation resistance

The invention concerns a container (), preferably a bottle, presenting a longitudinal axis comprising —a neck portion (), —a shoulder portion () connected to the neck portion (), —a body portion () comprising a label portion () and a grip portion () and connected to the shoulder portion () via a first connecting portion (), the label portion () and the grip portion () being connected together via a second connection portion (), and —a base portion () forming the bottom of the container () connected to the body portion via a third connecting portion (), wherein the grip portion () comprises at least one undulating bead ().

Bottle with grip portion

Pallet unit () for transporting objects comprising a pallet () and a stack () of object blocks (B. . . B) arranged on the pallet (). The pallet unit () comprises a wrapping sheet () having vertical portions (V. . . V) and horizontal portions (hh) covering parts of the blocks (B. . . B), said wrapping sheet () being laid along a continuous path and extending at least partly within the stack (). Method for palletizing object blocks using said pallet unit ().

Pallet unit with continuous wrapping sheet extending within the stack of blocks and palletizing method

The invention concerns a bottle () molded from at least one thermoplastic polymer of at least one Furan Dicarboxylic Acid (FDCA) monomer, preferably 2,5-Furan Dicarboxylic Acid (2,5-FDCA) monomer, and at least one diol monomer, preferably Monoethyleneglycol (MEG) monomer, said bottle, having a main axis (X), being provided with a body () and a bottom base () extending from a lower end of the body (). The bottom base () comprises:&#x2014;a peripheral seat () defining a laying plane ();&#x2014;a concave arch () which extends from the periphery of a central zone () of the bottom base () to the peripheral seat (), said concave arch () having a rounded general shape with a concavity turned towards the outside of the container () and the middle point of the central zone () being named push-up ();&#x2014;a series of reinforcing grooves () which extend radially from the central zone () to at least the peripheral seat ();&#x2014;base feet () located between two adjacent reinforcing grooves (); According to the invention, the bottle bottom base () comprises an offset sitting radius, defined as the distance between the maximum bottle diameter and the contact point of the base feet with the laying plan () that is in the range of 5 to 10 mm for a bottle having a diameter (D) between 40 and 150 mm.

Bottle, method of making the same and use of FDCA and diol monomers in such bottle

The invention concerns a bottle () molded from at least one thermoplastic polymer of at least one Furan Dicarboxylic Acid (FDCA) monomer, preferably 2,5-Furan Dicarboxylic Acid (2,5-FDCA) monomer, and at least one diol monomer, preferably Monoethyleneglycol (MEG) monomer, said bottle, having a main axis (X), being provided with a body () and a bottom base () extending from a lower end of the body (), The bottom base () comprises: &#x2014;a peripheral seat () defining a laying plane (); &#x2014;a concave arch () which extends from the periphery of a central zone () of the bottom base () to the peripheral seat (), said concave arch () having a rounded general shape with a concavity turned towards the outside of the container () and the middle point of the central zone () being named push-up (); &#x2014;a series of reinforcing grooves () which extend radially from the central zone () to at least the peripheral seat (); &#x2014;base feet () located between two adjacent reinforcing grooves (); According to the invention, the bottle bottom base () comprises a push-up height, defined as the height between the push-up () and the laying plan (), that is in the range of 7 to 10 mm for a bottle having a diameter (D) between 40 and 150 mm.

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Lausanne, Switzerland

Johannes Zimmer