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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald Deubel, New Lenox, IL (US);
Satya Kamineni, Westmont, IL (US);
Philip G. Kraft, Frankfort, IL (US);
Richard G. Kraft, Shorewood, IL (US);
Assignee:
Constar International, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 1/02 ; B65D 2/310 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 1/02 ; B65D 2/310 ;
Abstract
A blow-molded plastic container is provided suitable for hot-filling under pressurize-fill conditions, and under gravity-fill conditions. The container includes opposing handgrips within panels, which lack hinges and thus do not function as conventional vacuum panels as the inward deformation is spread beyond the panels. The hand grip includes a distal, relatively stiffened portion formed by a sidewall that forms a thumb piece and a proximal, relatively un-stiffened portion the smooth merges into a cylindrical sidewall of the container.