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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2004
Murielle Vigny, Taunusstein-Wehen, DE;
Alain Contal, Epinal, FR;
Jean-paul Cerveny, Vittel, FR;
Gérard Denis, Reims, FR;
Murielle Vigny, Taunusstein-Wehen, DE;
Alain Contal, Epinal, FR;
Jean-Paul Cerveny, Vittel, FR;
Gérard Denis, Reims, FR;
Nestle Waters Management & Technology, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a container for a flowable product, particularly for a beverage and, in particular, for still or sparkling mineral water. The container according to the invention includes a body having in a greater section a dimension dand of at least one neck with an internal diameter dwhich can be closed by a member for closing off and/or of distributing the flowable product from the container. The wall or walls forming the body of the container are preferably made of a flexible plastic which can deform for constant surface area, particularly under the weight of the flowable product from the container when the wall or walls encounter a point or bearing surface, so as to form, at least locally, a non-planar wall portion and wherein the ratio dto dis between 1:3 and 1:10.