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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1993

Filed:

Jan. 03, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Henrietta Jonas, Dublin, OH (US);

Ralph A Gygax, Westerville, OH (US);

William T Malone, Columbus, OH (US);

Assignee:

Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65D / ; B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220609 ; 215 / ; 426111 ; 426106 ; 426113 ; 426127 ; 426131 ; 426407 ;
Abstract

There is disclosed a body for a retortable plastic container having a sidewall and bottom wall integrally formed as a single piece. The bottom wall has a heel portion and a recessed center portion. The heel has a resting surface and an inside corner. The recessed center portion has an outside corner. The container has an outside surface. The container is made in accordance with equations relating to reforming pressure and low fill equilibrium pressure and may be fabricated utilizing a variety of manufacturing modes since the providing of acceptable container configurations is not based on relative wall thicknesses.


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