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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Satoshi Kuboi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Takeuchi, Sakaki-Machi, JP;
Satoshi Kuboi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Takeuchi, Sakaki-Machi, JP;
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a plastic bottle suitable for vending from vending machines and for storing food or beverage products having comparatively high viscosities. A bottle is provided with a mouth, a flexible main unit having a tubular body section in fluid communication with the mouth, a base forming a bottom of the main unit and configured to support the bottle to stand upright, and a rigid portion located above the main unit and having greater traverse strength than said main unit. The mouth, main unit, and base define a retention space with a central axis. The rigid portion includes regions facing each other across from the central axis at the most distant position from the central axis. Moreover, the tubular body section of the main unit deforms into a substantially flat shape when an external force is applied in a transverse direction without the rigid portion undergoing plastic deformation.