Graham Packaging Company, L.p.

Co2 Pac Limited

Willie F Hatcher

Raymond A Pritchett, Jr

Michael T Kelly

David B Heisner

Bret Sabold

Toshi Kojitani

Justin A Howell

Mark O Borger

Raymond A Pritchett

Toshiki Kojitani

Hot-fillable plastic bottle including a finished portion, a body portion with at least one circumferential rib configured to resist radial distortion, and a base portion. The base portion comprises a base sidewall, a bottom support surface extending radially inward from the base sidewall and defining a reference plane, an inner support wall extending upwardly from the bottom support surface, and a diaphragm extending radially inward from the inner support wall. The diaphragm comprises an inner wall having an arcuate shape with a radius rand a central conical structure, where the diaphragm is in an initial as-formed position with the conical structure above the reference place. The diaphragm is configured to move from an initial as-formed position toward a second position when an internal pressure relative an external pressure exceeds a threshold value.

Variable displacement base and container and method of using the same

Bottle

Container

A plastic container having a first portion, a second portion, and a waist between the first portion and the second portion. The waist includes a first angled portion coupled to the first portion, a second angled portion coupled to the second portion, and a curved portion connecting the first angled portion to the second angled portion for forming a deformable region for preventing a catastrophic failure of the waist when the plastic container is filled and capped and subjected to an external force.

Container having controlled top load characteristics

Plastic container with bell dome

Growing community of inventors

Hanover, PA, United States of America

Willie F Hatcher