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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1993
Sterling L Steward, Douglasville, GA (US);
Paul R Kaufman, Atlanta, GA (US);
David A Brunson, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Constar Plastics, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A plastic container is configured for high pressure containment of fluid. The plastic container includes a tubular body portion generally symmetric about a vertical axis, and a base portion unitary with the body portion and having a plurality of feet for supporting the container upright on a horizontal surface. In cross-section, the base of the container is defined by a first line comprising a series of curves of serially diminishing radius from the body portion through the axis to each of the feet. The series of curves having centers of curvature alternating between positions inside the container and positions outside the container.