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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 04, 2023
Graham Packaging Company, L.p., Lancaster, PA (US);
Sheldon E. Yourist, York, PA (US);
GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P., Lancaster, PA (US);
Abstract
A plastic container including a top container portion having a plurality of spaced top strut members, a bottom container portion having a plurality of spaced bottom strut members, and a middle container portion located between the top and bottom container portions. The top, bottom and middle container portions oriented along a container axis. The middle container portion includes a plurality of annular rib members each rib member being separated from longitudinally adjacent rib members by an annular groove, each groove having a number of middle strut members disposed along a length of the groove, adjacent middle strut members of adjacent grooves being longitudinally aligned. Each container portion comprises a plurality of first columns comprised collectively of a top strut member, middle strut members and a bottom strut member the top strut member, middle strut members and bottom strut member comprising each of the first columns are longitudinally aligned.