A hot fill plastic container has a dome portion with a convex outer surface that defines a maximum outer diameter of the container so as to extend outwardly beyond a main body portion of the container. The generally egg-shaped dome portion enhances the crush resistance of the dome and provides a point of contact between containers when they are placed adjacent to one another. A circumferential stiffening groove may be provided near a lower end of the dome portion.

A beverage container includes a base, a sidewall extending from and integrally formed with the base, and an upper region extending from the sidewall and defining an upper opening. The beverage container includes a longitudinal axis extending in a direction from the base to the upper opening. The beverage container further includes a continuous channel formed in and extending continuously around a circumference of the sidewall, wherein the continuous channel includes peaks and troughs connected by diagonal regions. The continuous channel is configured to resist paneling and elongation of the beverage container. The beverage container further includes a central channel formed in and extending continuously around a circumference of the sidewall at a central portion of the sidewall, wherein the central channel is configured to resist paneling of the beverage container.

A plastic, hot-fillable container is provided. The container comprises a blow molded body defining a longitudinal axis. The body including a base and a neck having at least one rib disposed about at least a portion of a circumference of the neck and transverse to the axis, and at least one angled thread. The at least one rib defining a cross section having a first portion and a second angled portion. Container systems and methods of manufacturing containers are disclosed.

A plastic container comprises an upper portion including a finish defining an opening into the container, a lower portion including a base defining a standing surface, a sidewall extending between the upper portion and the lower portion, the sidewall defining a longitudinal axis, and at least one substantially transversely-oriented pressure panel located in the lower portion. The pressure panel is movable between an outwardly-inclined position and an inwardly-inclined position to compensate for a change of pressure inside the container. The standing surface defines a standing plane, and the entire pressure panel is located between the standing plane and the upper portion of the container when the pressure panel is in the outwardly-inclined position.

The present invention relates to a novel customizable bottle or container. The outer surface of the bottle or container has a plurality of ridges, recesses or other delineations positioned around the outer surface. Each adjacent pair of ridges, recesses or other delineations creates a distinct region. A plurality of flexible or removable bands is provided with the bottle or container that are slid on distinct regions positioned between the ridges, recesses or other delineations. The flexible bands come in various colors and designs and decorate the distinct areas to personalize the bottle or container.

A sidewall of a container for storing liquid contents includes a grip portion extending from a base of the container and presenting a grip portion periphery about an axis. A plurality of axially angulating ribs are within the grip portion, each of which includes a first portion having a first radial depth relative to the periphery that transitions to a second portion having a second radial depth relative to the periphery less than the first radial depth. A flat portion having a zero radial depth relative to the periphery is positioned circumferentially between a second portion of one angulating rib of the plurality of axially angulating ribs and an axially offset second portion of another angulating rib of the plurality of axially angulating ribs.

A container (1) made of plastic having a main axis (X) being provided with a body (5) and a bottom base (6) extending from a lower end of the body (5), the bottom base (6) comprising: ⋅—a peripheral seat (7) defining a laying plane (8); ⋅—a concave arch (10) which extends from the periphery of a central zone (11) of the bottom base (6) to the peripheral seat (7), said concave arch (10) having a rounded general shape with a concavity turned towards the outside of the container (1); ⋅—a series of principal reinforcing grooves (13) which extend radially from the central zone (11) to at least the peripheral seat (7). The concave arch (10) has two annularly tangentially continuous concentric regions, i.e. a central region (15) and a peripheral region (16), said annularly tangentially concentric regions being in continuity with each other and presenting two different radius of curvature, the peripheral region (16) having a radius of curvature smaller than the one of the central region (15).

A container includes an outlet defining an opening that is in fluid communication with an interior portion of the container, the outlet having a central axis. The container also a neck portion having an upper structural ring lying in a first plane that is substantially perpendicular to the central axis, and a lower structural ring lying in a second plane that is substantially perpendicular to the central axis, wherein the first plane and the second plane being separated by a vertical distance. The neck portion may have a gusset extending between the upper structural ring and the lower structural ring, and the gusset may have a plane of symmetry, wherein the central axis lies in the plane of symmetry. The container further includes a shoulder beneath the neck portion, a waist section beneath the shoulder, and a base beneath the waist section.

A method of forming a container and filling the container with a product. The method includes heat-set blow molding the container from a preform and hot-filling the container with the product such that the product occupies about 95% or more of a total interior volume of the container. A headspace volume is defined between a top fill line of the product and a brim of the container. The headspace volume is less than about 5% of the total interior volume of the container. The container is capped and allowed to cool. The container is configured to shrink during cooling such that the total interior volume decreases by about 0.5% to 1.5% during cooling. A base of the container is displaced after hot-filling and capping to reduce the total interior volume by less than about an additional 0.5% to 4%. The hot-filling, capping, cooling, and displacing of the base creates a pressure change within the container.

A drink container and related methods are disclosed hereon. A method of making a drink container includes (a) providing a beverage bottle for holding a beverage for human consumption; (b) forming a threaded mouth in the beverage bottle, the threaded mouth meeting government safety standards for drink containers; (c) providing a removable cap; (d) forming a threaded recess in the removable cap, the threaded recess meeting government safety standards for caps for drink containers, the removable cap further having a sprayer and a dip tube; and (f) threading the removable cap onto the beverage bottle and causing the dip tube to extend into the beverage bottle.