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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Mark D. Schneider, St. Charles, IL (US);
Matt Vogel, Lees Summit, MO (US);
Samuel E. Evins, Olathe, KS (US);
Kerry W. Silvers, Campbellsburg, IN (US);
Mark D. Schneider, St. Charles, IL (US);
Matt Vogel, Lees Summit, MO (US);
Samuel E. Evins, Olathe, KS (US);
Kerry W. Silvers, Campbellsburg, IN (US);
Graham Packaging LC, L.P., York, PA (US);
Abstract
A plastic container having a sidewall defining a chamber and having an opening at one end into the chamber; a base extending from the sidewall and closing the second end, the base having an outer perimeter portion defining a support structure, an axially inwardly extending perimeter wall spaced radially inwardly from the support structure forming an angle with a plane normal to an axis of the container of less than about 90°, and a flexing panel closing an end of the perimeter wall, the flexing panel moveable along an axis of the container from a first position where a central portion of the panel is below a top portion of the perimeter wall to a second position where the central portion is above the top portion of the perimeter wall to change the volume of the container; and a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial grooves on the panel.