A gripping attachment (10) is disclosed which facilitates the handling of a medication bottle (12). The medication bottle includes a container (14) having a cylindrical wall (16) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis. The container is closed at one end by a base wall (18) and has an opposed open end. The container receives a cap (20) on the open end to enclose the container. The gripping attachment comprises a sleeve portion (22) having a sleeve wall (24) defining an internal, cylindrical surface configured to removably attach to the container wall. The gripping attachment further comprises a leverage component connected to the sleeve portion to facilitate gripping the sleeve portion.

A shrink label includes a first end surface, a second end surface, and a puncture extending along a portion of the shrink label between the first and second end surfaces such that the puncture is spaced a first distance away from the first end surface and the puncture is spaced a second distance away from the second end surface. The puncture is expandable to form an opening when the shrink label shrinks from an open state to a shrunk state.

Disclosed herein are delamination resistant glass pharmaceutical containers which may include a glass body having a Class HGA1 hydrolytic resistance when tested according to the ISO 720:1985 testing standard. The glass body may have an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface of the glass body does not comprise a boron-rich layer when the glass body is in an as-formed condition. A heat-tolerant coating may be bonded to at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may have a coefficient of friction of less than about 0.7 and is thermally stable at a temperature of at least 250° C. for 30 minutes.

A glass container comprising: an exterior surface and an interior surface opposite to the exterior surface; and a coating of acrylate urethane polymer deposited at least over a portion of the exterior surface, characterized in that said glass container has a lightweight index L, calculated as L=[weight of container (g)/(volume of container (ml)).sup.0.77]*0.44 of less than 1, preferably less than 0.90, more preferably less than 0.75 and most preferably less than 0.60.

Containers are provided that include a body structure having a top end that defines an opening, a sealed base end, and a sidewall structure extending between the top and base ends, in which the sidewall structure has an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface defining an interior space, and a protective coating that includes a diamond-like carbon on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the sidewall structure. Methods for enhancing the mechanical strength of containers are also provided.

A container cover/liner for separating clean water, other liquid, or other matter and blocking it off from the dirt, germs, and bacteria on outside surfaces of the container, while the clean water, other liquid, or other matter is being placed in the container or removed from the container. The container cover/liner can also operate as packaging to protect the bottle from such contaminants during storage or transportation, like a storage-jacket or storage-packaging, and block contaminants from air borne movement into the bottle or a container receiving liquid or other matter from the bottle.

The present disclosure provides a bottle container designed with a flattened oblong shape, allowing for easy stacking of multiple bottle containers and storage in narrow pockets etc. The bottle container is also modular, with a lockable, resealable connection between two container elements allowing it to be opened and for the interior to be accessed and cleaned through an opening that is as wide as the bottle container itself.

The present invention is directed to a method of inkjet printing an image on a glass container comprising the steps of: a) manufacturing a glass container having a CEC layer; b) removing at least part of the CEC layer to a level wherein the remaining CEC layer has a thickness of less than 20 nm by washing the CEC from the glass container with an aqueous solution containing nonionic surfactant, rinsing with water and blowing the water from the container by means of a pressurized air stream, c) inkjet printing an image on the glass container.

Object to be held by a user, comprising: an external structure arranged to be held by the user, a thin-walled closed bottle made of plastic comprising a body defining an internal volume and a collar,
characterized: in that the external structure is a shell in contact with at least part of the body of the bottle, and in that the shell comprises an upper collar forming an open U or C and arranged to elastically interlock on at least part of the collar of the bottle.

A device for protecting against shocks for a glass bottle is presented, having a body, a bottom and a distal portion successively comprising from the body, a shoulder, a collar and a neck, said device comprising a first cup engaging with the bottom and a second cup engaging with the shoulder, each of the cups having a projecting portion for damping shocks, along a transversal plane, beyond a zone of a larger diameter of the bottle. The projecting portion of at least one from among the first and the second cups includes a plurality of damping pads spaced apart from one another.