A container system comprising a hollow body defined by a continuous outer peripheral wall having a first cavity and a second cavity opposing the first cavity and separated by a dividing wall, a neck opening into the first cavity and a wider open mouth at the end opposing the neck for receiving a base container therein having a lid that engages the inner surface of the outer peripheral wall to secure the base container in the mouth and substantially seal the second cavity.

A bottle having a generally short cylindrical body, an offset spout and a flat base generally opposite the spout is disclosed. The base includes a gently curved toe portion and a heel portion opposite the toe portion. The heel portion is weighted such that if the bottle is rolled along its forward edge and released it will return to a static position sitting on the base.

A bottle having a reclosable and resealable lid is disclosed. The bottle can have a removable pedestal base. The base can elevate the remainder of the bottle off of the surface upon which the bottle is resting. The lid can have a seal for a drinking mouthpiece outlet and a pressure equalization port. The lid can have a concave indentation or seat aligned with a hinge connecting a top of the lid to a base or rim of the lid. When opened, the seat can rest against the lid rim, opening the lid to more than a 180 lid opening angle.

Disclosed is a method of sterilizing an article by sequentially exposing the article under vacuum first to a gaseous conditioning agent for forming radicals and then to a sterilant. The preferred conditioning agent is hydrogen peroxide and the preferred sterilant is ozone. The chamber is initially evacuated to a first vacuum pressure and then sealed for the remainder of the sterilization process and during all sterilant injection cycles, without removal of any component of the sterilization atmosphere, which means without any measures to reduce the water vapor content. Keeping the chamber sealed and maintaining the conditioning agent and the radicals generated thereby in the chamber for the sterilization with sterilant results in a synergistic increase in the sterilization efficiency and allows for the use of much lower sterilant amounts and sterilization cycle times than would be expected from using the conditioning agent and the sterilant in combination.

A combination two primary section apparatus including a blow molded bottle first top section press fit partially retained within an interior chamber of an injection molded container second bottom section. The resulting present invention two-piece molded container has the aesthetically pleasing benefits of a container made of plastic but appearing to be made of glass. An upper top surface of the blow molded bottle first top section is visible while a bottom portion concealed by the injection molded container second bottom section is not visible.

The inventive technology includes a novel container dome profile and manufacturing process for improving container and bottle deformation failure resistance and extending material displacement modes through an initial deformation panel coordinated with complimentary geometric paneling and buttressing structures configured to initiate a controlled sequential dome profile deformation mode. Dome reversal, dome growth, and dome drop resistance characteristics are improved with a shallower profile formation depth, reducing pulldown, and lowering material consumption, resulting in lower overall container/bottle weight. Novel geometric contoured shapes enhance container resistance performance, supporting use of softer alloys or lower temper and yield strength to benefit post-processing efficiency and forming processes improvements while being configured to initiate controlled sequential dome profile deformation.

Provided is a container including a rigid wall portion having an opening, a flexible wall portion having a corresponding opening coupled to the opening of the rigid wall portion; and a support member coupled to the rigid wall portion configured for providing the container with stability. The rigid wall portion and the flexible wall portion form together a structure configured for holding fluids.

A method is for manufacturing a container (C), such as a PET bottle, with a convex bottom and a self-bearing support, typically a self-bearing label. In particular, the method is for manufacturing a container (C) with a convex bottom and a self-bearing support including providing a plurality of containers (C) having a convex bottom. A machine (100) is provided for applying strips made of flexible material to the containers (C) and a plurality of support elements (1, 101, 201) for the containers (C). The support elements (1, 101, 201) are strips made of a support material. The method further includes feeding the plurality of containers (C) to the machine (100) and applying a support element (1, 101, 201) to each of the containers (C).

A drinking vessel product includes a wine glass with an inner cavity filled at least partly with wine. The wine glass has a body that defines the cavity, an upper opening that is sealed with a removable seal such as a metal foil, and a smaller fill opening at the bottom. The glass includes a support that is attached to the body and that includes a pedestal, a stem and a stop formation that seals the fill opening. The body and support are molded from plastic materials. The cavity is filled with wine after the upper opening has been sealed, by inverting the glass and filling it from the fill opening, before fitting the support to seal the fill opening.

Disclosed is a method of sterilizing an article by sequentially exposing the article under vacuum first to a gaseous conditioning agent for forming radicals and then to a sterilant. The preferred conditioning agent is hydrogen peroxide and the preferred sterilant is ozone. The chamber is initially evacuated to a first vacuum pressure and then sealed for the remainder of the sterilization process and during all sterilant injection cycles, without removal of any component of the sterilization atmosphere, which means without any measures to reduce the water vapor content. Keeping the chamber sealed and maintaining the conditioning agent and the radicals generated thereby in the chamber for the sterilization with sterilant results in a synergistic increase in the sterilization efficiency and allows for the use of much lower sterilant amounts and sterilization cycle times than would be expected from using the conditioning agent and the sterilant in combination.