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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2003
Ed Roubal, Stewartstown, PA (US);
Roy Krohn, Wrightsville, PA (US);
David Kesselman, York, PA (US);
Larry Taylor, Landisville, PA (US);
Ed Roubal, Stewartstown, PA (US);
Roy Krohn, Wrightsville, PA (US);
David Kesselman, York, PA (US);
Larry Taylor, Landisville, PA (US);
Graham Packaging Co., L.P., York, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a base structure of a container. The base structure includes a support heel that defines any number of touch points for contact with a horizontal surface. The support heel includes inner and outer portions that merge with the container's corrugated support flute and sidewall, respectively. The base structure also includes a fin that forms the zipper pinch and extends transverse to and intersects corrugations of the corrugated support flute.