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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
May. 14, 2001
Tomoyuki Ozawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Hayakawa, Matsudo, JP;
Hiroaki Sugiura, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Iizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A PET bottle having structurally improved vacuum absorption panels in the bottle portion so as to increase the panels' resistance to the constricting force of the shrink label, to secure the force of restitution for the panels, and thereby to allow the liquid level in the bottle to lower when the cap is opened. Vacuum absorption panels comprising multiple, flat and variable surfaces, recessed from the plane of each corresponding main body wall; multiple, horizontal and grooved ribs, and having respectively a curved bottom with the middle portion of this bottom being slightly uplifted, and with each rib being placed under a variable surface in an alternately disposed manner.