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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Walter J. Strasser, Cement City, MI (US);
Bradley S. Philip, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Richard J. Steih, Jackson, MI (US);
Richard K. Rangler, Tipton, MI (US);
Brad Caszatt, Manchester, MI (US);
John B. Simon, Springfield, MA (US);
Walter J. Strasser, Cement City, MI (US);
Bradley S. Philip, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Richard J. Steih, Jackson, MI (US);
Richard K. Rangler, Tipton, MI (US);
Brad Caszatt, Manchester, MI (US);
John B. Simon, Springfield, MA (US);
Amcor Limited, Hawthorn, AU;
Abstract
A container may employ an upper portion defining a mouth, a shoulder portion formed with the upper portion and extending away from the upper portion, a bottom portion forming a base, a sidewall extending between and joining the shoulder portion and the bottom portion, and a plurality of smooth surfaced vacuum panels formed in the sidewall, which may be separated by one or more strengthening grooves. The vacuum panels and/or the container in a profile view may form an hourglass shape. The container may also employ a sidewall utilizing three smooth, grooveless, vacuum panels, which may form a triangle in cross-section. The vacuum panels may be concave inward toward a central vertical axis of the container and have an hourglass shape when the container is viewed in a side view.