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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2020
Graham Packaging Company, L.p., Lancaster, PA (US);
Sheldon E. Yourist, York, PA (US);
Raymond A. Pritchett, Jr., Manchester, PA (US);
GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P., Lancaster, PA (US);
Abstract
Plastic container comprises a container body having a bottom portion, a sidewall portion and an upper portion, with a chamber defined therein. The bottom portion includes a support surface and a variable dynamic base portion. The sidewall portion includes a lower circumferential groove ring, an upper circumferential groove ring, and a pair of longitudinal grooves extending longitudinally therebetween to define a front sidewall segment and a rear sidewall segment. The rear sidewall segment comprises a waist groove extending circumferentially between the pair of longitudinal grooves to define an upper rear sidewall segment and a lower rear sidewall segment, wherein one of the upper rear sidewall segment or the lower rear sidewall segment includes two vacuum panels with a rigid longitudinal support therebetween.