Pepsico, Inc.

Cadbury Schweppes Limited

Snapdragon

Lori Evans Bartman

Robert Jon Groll

Toby Richard David Wingfield

Michael Andrew Lohmeier

Jorge Manuel Maquita Nakano

Matthew Schmunk

Sean Joseph Huls

John Lester Ostby

Mark Armstrong

Ian Webb

Edward Adamson

Denise Lefebvre

Edouard Didier John Irvine Ball

John Corbett

Grant Thomas Briggs

Michael L Lambert

K Robin Baggett

Robert K Schiebelhut

James I Efird

William Turrentine

Chase Andersen

James J Miller

Stuart M Leslie

Jason C Billig

Taek Kim

William R Eaton

Patricia Magdalena Alva Cruz

Mary Sarsfield-Thomas

David Michael Ryan

Richard Allan Lovelace, Jr

Toby Richard Wingfield

Bottle

A container is provided with a body portion. The body portion includes a first vacuum panel, a second vacuum panel, a third vacuum panel, a first diagonal column between the first vacuum panel and the second vacuum panel, and a second diagonal column between the second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel. The second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel are oriented in opposite directions. In response to a change in an internal container pressure, the body portion flexes at the first vacuum panel such that a surface of the first vacuum panel increases in concavity in response to an increasing pressure change.

Container with pressure accommodation panel

A container comprising a body portion is provided. The body portion includes a flat upper vacuum panel, a flat lower vacuum panel, and a recess between the flat upper vacuum panel and the flat lower vacuum panel. In response to a change in the internal container pressure, the body portion flexes at the recess towards an interior of the container and the flat upper vacuum panel and the flat lower vacuum panel form a progressively smaller angle at the recess in response to an increasing pressure change.

Container with pressure accommodation area

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Sylvania, OH, United States of America

Lori Evans Bartman