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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2000
Ronald S. Kaminski, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Owens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
An as molded thermoplastic container ( ) having a body portion ( ) and a moil ( ) extending outwardly from a rim ( ) of the container, the moil and the body portion being molded integrally with one another. The moil has an opposed pair of outwardly projecting shoulders ( ) by which the container is supported from a spaced apart pair of rails ( ) as the container moves along a path of travel (A). The lateral extent of the moil along the path of travel is substantially equal to and aligned with the lateral extent of the body portion along the path of travel, whereby a plurality of like containers will move along the path of travel with the longitudinal central axes of the containers parallel with one another.