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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Elmont E Hollingsworth, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220-8 ; 138119 ; 215 / ; 222 95 ; 222107 ; 222215 ; 222527 ;
Abstract
A tubular article, such as a plastic bottle, of optionally stepped cross-sections, with one section next to one of the steps incorporating near vertical tucks permits collapsing of the article. Under an axial force, the bottle or article will collapse in a telescoping manner by inverting inside for outside of the section with the tucks. The invention of the tucks stretch or expand them which increases the area enclosed by the cross-section and thereby allows the telescoping in a pre-determined manner. Reversing the axial force will cause the collapsed container to extend or expand.