A food packaging container is provided. The container comprises a molded body defining a longitudinal axis, and including a plurality of sides and a plurality of axial corners. Each corner has a recess including a first portion and a second portion. Each of the first portions includes an axial grip surface where the grip surfaces are aligned with the body in an orientation for gripping. In some embodiments, packaging products, containers, handles, tooling, applicators and methods are disclosed.

A reinforced plastic container having improved rim planarity. The container has a non-round main body portion integral with a finish portion. The main body portion has a central longitudinal axis and defines a hollow interior of the container. The finish portion has an upper surface defining a rim with a circumference framing a round opening that provides access to the hollow interior of the container, a radially outwardly extending snap bead being adapted to receive and retain a closure and hermetically seal the container and including interrupted portions located around the circumference of the rim, and a plurality of reinforcements located in the interrupted portions of the snap bead and assuring substantial planarity of the upper surface of the rim even when substantial forces act on the container. Each reinforcement has a strut bounded by and centered between a pair of strut indents, with each indent supported by a buttress.

A container having an upper container part having an upper container part outer profile, the upper container part having a height; a plurality of sidewalls that extend radially about at least a portion of the container, the upper container part extending from a radially inner end of the plurality of sidewalls; a container base has a central female coupling formed therein, the central female coupling having a receiving profile that is complementary to the upper container part outer profile and a depth that is greater than the height of the upper container part; and a body extending between the a radially outer end of the plurality of sidewalls and the container base. The plurality of sidewalls and the container base are longitudinally spaced apart from each other, substantially parallel to each other, and at least partially overlap radially.

In an embodiment of the invention, there is shown a bottle having a plurality of shoulder faceted sections and a plurality of bottom faceted section positioned into the shoulder and lower well of the bottle respectively. A triangulated cylinder is formed into the bottle by having pairs of obtuse triangles with a shared side of the triangles located opposite their obtuse angles forming polygons around the triangulated cylinder and in a number of rows between the shoulder and lower well of the bottle. The body of the bottle is made of a material configured to allow the bottle to be compressible and expandable.

A food packaging container is provided. The container comprises a molded body defining a longitudinal axis, and including a plurality of sides and a plurality of axial corners. Each corner has a recess including a first portion and a second portion. Each of the first portions includes an axial grip surface where the grip surfaces are aligned with the body in an orientation for gripping. In some embodiments, packaging products, containers, handles, tooling, applicators and methods are disclosed.

A stackable container for stacking over an identical base container. The stackable container comprises: a top including a receiving surface and a neck; a bottom including a resting surface and a clearance surface raised relative to the resting surface, the resting surface being adapted to rest on the receiving surface of the base container, and the clearance surface providing clearance for a neck of the base container; and a sidewall joining the top and the bottom to define a room in the stackable container. The sidewall includes a first wall and a second wall parallel to each other and respectively located on a first side and a second side of the stackable container, each sidewall including: an external face; and a handle defined by a shaped surface extending inwardly from the external face to a floor portion isolating the handle from the other side of the stackable container.

A bottle having functional elements is disclosed. The bottle includes a neck, which includes a rim with an opening to a void, a handle, which includes cylindrical aperture(s), a handle base, and an outer rim opposite the handle base. The base may be contiguous with the bottle's neck and handle's outer rim may have an undulating contour. The cylindrical aperture(s) may be located between the base and the handle's outer rim. The bottle may also include a shoulder, a body, and a stopper, where the stopper is configured to fit within the bottle rim's opening. The neck, shoulder and body all together contiguously enclose the void.

There is shown a bottle having a plurality of shoulder faceted sections and a plurality of bottom faceted section defined into the shoulder and lower well of the bottle respectively. A triangulated cylinder formed into the bottle and defined by having pairs of triangles with a shared hypotenuse forming polygons around the triangulated cylinder and in a number of rows between the shoulder and lower well of the bottle. The body thereby being compressible and expandable.

A bottle having functional elements is disclosed. The bottle includes a neck, which includes a rim with an opening to a void, a handle, which includes cylindrical aperture(s), a handle base, and an outer rim opposite the handle base. The base may be contiguous with the bottle's neck and handle's outer rim may have an undulating contour. The cylindrical aperture(s) may be located between the base and the handle's outer rim. The bottle may also include a shoulder, a body, and a stopper, where the stopper is configured to fit within the bottle rim's opening. The neck, shoulder and body all together contiguously enclose the void.

The invention relates to a plastic recipient comprising a panel with at least one radius of curvature greater than 100 mm, where the panel has reinforcing means. The reinforcing means includes a peripheral slot defining a reinforcing contour and a plurality of inner slots arranged inside the reinforcing contour. Each inner slot has two ends, where each end opens out into the peripheral slot, or at least one end opens out into another inner slot.