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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Terry D. Patcheak, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
David Downing, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
G. David Lisch, Jackson, MI (US);
Kerry W. Silvers, Campbellsburg, IN (US);
Dwayne G. Vailliencourt, Manchester, MI (US);
Brian L. Pieszchala, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard J. Steih, Jackson, MI (US);
Terry D. Patcheak, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
David Downing, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
G. David Lisch, Jackson, MI (US);
Kerry W. Silvers, Campbellsburg, IN (US);
Dwayne G. Vailliencourt, Manchester, MI (US);
Brian L. Pieszchala, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard J. Steih, Jackson, MI (US);
Amcor Limited, Hawthorn, AU;
Abstract
A plastic container has a base adapted for vacuum pressure absorption. The base portion includes a chime extending from a body portion to a contact ring which defines a surface upon which the container is supported. The base further includes a central portion defined in at least part by a pushup having a generally truncated cone shape in cross section located on a longitudinal axis of the container, and an inversion ring having a generally S shaped geometry in cross section and hinge means formed therein, and circumscribing the pushup. The truncated cone has an overall general diameter that is at most 30% of an overall general diameter of the base and a top surface generally parallel to a support surface.