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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1999
Craig P. Davis, Atlanta, GA (US);
Daniel M. Futral, Kennesaw, GA (US);
John P. Henderson, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Stephen R. Lynn, Douglasville, GA (US);
Ball Corporation, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
A plastic container comprises a lower base forming portion that includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced downwardly convex segments (,) and a plurality of intervening, circumferentially spaced, totally convex, hollow foot forming portions (,) that extend radially from the central bottom portion (,) and downwardly from the downwardly convex segments to form a clearance (,) for the central bottom portion. The downwardly convex segments have smoothly curved cross sections, in radially extending planes through their central regions and coplanar with the container's longitudinal axis (,). The clearance forming portion (,) of each foot forming portion includes a compound curved offset formed with opposing radii of curvature lying in a range of about 15% to over about 30% of foot contact diameter, the compound curved offset curving downwardly and outwardly about a center of curvature (,) below the bottom forming portion before curving about a center of curvature (,) above the bottom forming portion.