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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald Deubel, New Lenox, IL (US);
Aron F. Wark, Romeoville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation, Alsip, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 1/02 ;
Abstract
A container is disclosed having an outwardly protruding bulge in its neck that expands in response to an increase in internal container pressure, thereby partially relieving the internal pressure increase, which benefits the label appearance and adherence characteristics, and enables the base to be reduced in weight.