Discma Ag

Amcor Limited

Brown, Jessica

Krzyzaniak, Bradley

Mark Blystone

Corey Mitchell Janes

Jessica T Brown

Richard Sieradzki

Gregory Carpenter

Darrel Lee

Bradley Krzyzaniak

Michael T Lane

G David Lisch

Richard K Rangler

A molded container of plastic material. The molded container including a neck finish defining an opening into the molded container, a body extending from the neck finish and including a shoulder adjacent the neck finish, a base defining a closed end of the container, and a sidewall extending between the shoulder and the base. Formed on a surface of the container and being defined by the plastic material forming the container are a series of raised dots defining a tactile writing feature.

Molded container incorporating surface indicia

Systems and methods for making a reduced material container are provided that hold a preform adjacent to an open end of the preform, stretch the preform, close a mold about the stretched preform to form a truncated preform, and introduce a pressurized fluid into the truncated preform to expand the truncated preform and form the reduced material container. A stretch rod can be inserted into the preform to mechanically stretching the preform. The mold accepts the preform at a first end thereof, has an open state and a closed state, and the closed state forms a cavity defining an internal surface having a second end located remotely from the first end. A first length is defined by a distance between the first end and the second end, the stretch rod mechanically stretching the preform to a second length, the second length being greater than the first length.

Reduced material container and method of forming same

Systems and methods for making a reduced material container () are provided that hold a preform () adjacent to an open end () of the preform (), stretch the preform (), close a mold () about the stretched preform () to form a truncated preform (), and introduce a pressurized fluid () into the truncated preform () to expand the truncated preform () and form the reduced material container (). A stretch rod () can be inserted into the preform () to mechanically stretching the preform (). The mold () accepts the preform () at a first end () thereof, has an open state and a closed state, and the closed state forms a cavity () defining an internal surface () having a second end () located remotely from the first end (). A first length () is defined by a distance between the first end () and the second end (), the stretch rod () mechanically stretching the preform () to a second length (), the second length () being greater than the first length ().

A method of forming a container () and a container () formed thereby. A preform (), having a generally cylindrical body () extending between a closed end () and an open mouth, is placed within a mold () having surfaces corresponding in shape to the desired container (). An incompressible medium, which is the end product that remains in the molded container (), is injected under pressure into the preform (). Under the influence of the incompressible medium, the preform () is expanded into contact with the surfaces defining the cavity, simultaneously forming and filling the container (). During expanding of the preform (), portions of the plastic material are forced into a series of recesses () defined in the cavity surface (). With the incompressible medium contained therein, the container () is removed from the mold () and including a series of raised dots corresponding to the series of recesses () defined in the cavity surface (). A method of forming a container () and a container () formed thereby. A preform (), having a generally cylindrical body () extending between a closed end () and an open mouth, is placed within a mold () having a surfaces corresponding in shape to the desired container (). An incompressible medium, which is the end product that remains in the molded container (), is injected under pressure into the preform (). Under the influence of the incompressible medium, the preform () is expanded into contact with the surfaces defining the cavity, simultaneously forming and filling the container (). During expanding of the preform (), portions of the plastic material are forced into a series of recesses () defined in the cavity surface (). With the incompressible medium contained therein, the container () is removed from the mold () and including a series of raised dots corresponding to the series of recesses () defined in the cavity surface ().

Method of molding a container incorporating surface indicia and the container

Container

A plastic container has an upper portion including a mouth defining an opening into the container. A shoulder region extends from the upper portion. A sidewall portion extends from the shoulder region to a base portion. The base portion closes off an end of the container. An upper bumper portion is defined at a transition between the shoulder region and the sidewall portion. The upper bumper portion includes an upper raised wall defining a maximum width of the container. The upper raised wall includes a recessed portion formed therein. A lower bumper portion is defined at a transition between the base portion and the sidewall portion. The lower bumper portion includes a lower raised wall defining the maximum width of the container. The lower raised wall includes a recessed portion formed therein.

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Adrian, MI, United States of America

Mark Blystone