A plastic container includes a neck portion, a sidewall portion, and a base including a support ring that extends downward and is configured to support the container on a support surface; a first base portion that extends upwardly from the support ring; a second base portion that extends downwardly from the first base portion; and a reentrant portion that extends upwardly from the second base portion. In embodiments, the container can hold carbonated contents and the sidewall portion may be substantially smooth.

An intermediate bulk container system includes a molded bottle and a pallet. The molded bottle includes a bottom wall and a top wall opposite the bottom wall. A plurality of support columns extend vertically from the bottom wall and define a column thickness. A plurality of sidewalls extending vertically between the bottom wall and the top wall and horizontally between the support columns. The sidewalls define a sidewall thickness that is less than the column thickness.

A bottle may have varying depth ribs to achieve a balance of strength and rigidity while maintaining hoop strength. The varying depth ribs may smoothly transition around the circumference of the bottle from a flattened and/or shallow depth rib portion to a deep rib portion. A collection of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs act as recessed columns in the body of the bottle to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The deep rib portions provide hoop strength and make the bottle body more rigid and/or stiffer when gripped by a user. A balance may be achieved between of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs and deep ribs to attain a desired resistance to bending, leaning, and/or stretching while maintaining stiffness in a lightweight bottle.

A method for manufacturing packaging comprises the steps of: temperature conditioning one or more selected portions of at least one preform; and blowing and/or stretching the at least one temperature conditioned preform into a blow mold to form a container including an offset neck finish. Containers, packaging systems and packaging products are disclosed.

A plastic container has a base portion adapted for vacuum absorption, the container including a base and a body extending up from the base along a central axis to a finish portion defining a mouth. The base includes an outside wall, a chime connecting the outside wall to an annular contact ring, an inside wall extending upward from the contact ring to a hinge, and a diaphragm connected to the hinge. The diaphragm can move between first and second positions in response to pressure change within the container. The diaphragm includes a central region and a flexible wall having a curved profile in cross section. The flexible wall curves downward from the hinge to the central region. In some embodiments, the flexible wall is asymmetric and includes a first portion having a curved profile and a second portion having a linear profile. A container wall structure is also disclosed.

An intermediate bulk container system includes a molded bottle and a pallet for supporting the molded bottle. The pallet includes a first, second, third, and fourth vertical opening each extending through upper and lower sides of the pallet. The pallet further includes first, second, third, and fourth anti-teeter bars that is each respectively arranged in the first, second, third, and fourth vertical opening. The pallet also includes a pair of spaced apart elongated slots formed in the lower surface and extending between front and rear side surfaces, and each of the anti-teeter bars intersects one of the pair of spaced apart elongated slots.

An intermediate bulk container system includes a molded bottle and a pallet. The molded bottle includes a bottom wall and a top wall opposite the bottom wall. A plurality of support columns extend vertically from the bottom wall and define a column thickness. A plurality of sidewalls extending vertically between the bottom wall and the top wall and horizontally between the support columns. The sidewalls define a sidewall thickness that is less than the column thickness. The molded bottle further includes a band or belt that wraps around the molded bottle, and the band is formed of a plurality of ribs. Each of the plurality of ribs protrudes outward from one of the plurality of sidewalls and extends between a pair of the plurality of columns, wherein each of the plurality of ribs defines a rib thickness that is less than the column thickness.

A container includes a body, the body has pillars, and the body also has dynamic panels. The pillars include first, second, third and fourth pillars, and each of the first, second, third and fourth pillars is substantially rounded outward relative to a vertical axis of the container. The dynamic panels include first, second, third and fourth dynamic panels. The first dynamic panel extends between the first pillar and the second pillar, is substantially parallel to the third dynamic panel, and is substantially perpendicular to each of the second and fourth dynamic panels, such that the pillars are positioned at corners of the container. Each of the first, second, third and fourth pillars has greater stiffness than each of the first, second, third and fourth dynamic panels and thereby provide a controlled deformation of the container under vacuum pressure or top loading.

The invention relates to a reusable plastics container (100), comprising a container body (20), a container base (10) and a container opening (30) located opposite the container base. A repeating structure (21), in particular a honeycomb structure, formed by depressions (22) and ribs (23) surrounding the depressions (22) is disposed on the container body (20). Alternatively, grooves are disposed on the container body. At least 90% of the surfaces of the depressions (22) and of the ribs (23) and/or the grooves are visible from the container opening (30).