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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Adam P. S. Stowitts, Arvada, CO (US);
Adam P. S. Stowitts, Arvada, CO (US);
Ball Corporation, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
A blow-molded container has a base with a polygonal perimeter. A lower margin joins the base to a side wall extending upward to an upper margin. A shoulder extends upward and axially inward above the upper margin to a finish defining an opening for a closure. The upper and lower margins of the side wall having a plurality of horizontal linear segments joined together by corner portions. An even number of horizontally adjacent planar segments are joined together to define a polygonal waist located between the upper and lower margins. A vacuum responsive panel is situated between each of the linear segments of the upper and lower margins and an aligned waist planar segment. Lateral edges of each vacuum responsive panel are joined by generally vertical, axially converging surfaces extending between each margin corner portion and an aligned planar segment of the waist.