BOTTLE WITH REINFORCING STRUCTURE FOR SIDEWALL AROUND BOTTLE LIP

Abstract

A bottle with reinforcing structure for a sidewall around a bottle lip is disclosed. The sidewall is a shoulder in an upper part of a bottle body that has the bottle lip atop the shoulder. The reinforcing structure is such formed that the shoulder is a chamfered rectangular structure in a direction parallel to a width of the bottle body, and four vertical lateral faces support the bottle lip from blow. Four slopes are respectively formed at four corners between any two adjacent lateral faces and each slope has a downward-narrowed surface. All of the lateral faces and the slopes are plane and flat in geometry. Each of the lateral faces has a downward-widened surface defined by the slopes flanking it from two sides, while each of the lateral faces has an upper edge thereof locationally close to the base of the bottle lip. The reinforcing structure structurally strengthens the shoulder.

Claims

1. A bottle with reinforcing structure for a sidewall around a bottle lip, the sidewall being a shoulder located in an upper part of a bottle body, the bottle body having the bottle lip atop the shoulder, the reinforcing structure being such formed that the shoulder is roughly a chamfered rectangular structure in a direction parallel to a width of the bottle body, and there are four vertical lateral faces supporting the bottle lip from below, wherein four slopes are respectively formed at four corners between any two adjacent lateral faces and each slope has a downward-narrowed surface, in which all of the lateral faces and the slopes are plane and flat in geometry, and each of the lateral faces has a downward-widened surface defined by the slopes flanking it from two sides, while each of the lateral faces has an upper edge thereof locationally close to a base of the bottle lip; an enhance ridge is curve shaped and formed above the slope, each end of the enhance ridge is connected to the shoulder, a center edge of the enhance ridge is tangentially connected to the base of the bottle lip, therefore the slope is surrounded by the enhance ridge and the shoulder, so as to form the downward-narrowed surface.

2. The bottle with reinforcing structure of claim 1, wherein each said lateral face is angularly jointed to the slopes at the two sides thereof by round corners.

3. The bottle with reinforcing structure of claim 1, wherein the bottle body has a part below the shoulder formed as a chamfered rectangular structure conforming to the shoulder.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bottle according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0010] FIG. 2 is a top view of the bottle.

[0011] FIG. 3 is a side view of the bottle.

[0012] FIG. 4 is another side view of the bottle.

[0013] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional bottle.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0014] Referring to FIG. 1 through FIG. 4, the mode and preferred embodiment shown are for illustrating the present invention only and shall form no limitation the scope of the present invention, which is solely defined by the appending claims.

[0015] In the present invention, a bottle with reinforcing structure for a sidewall around a bottle lip, as in one preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 1, has the bottle lip and the sidewall forming a part of a bottle. In particularly, the bottle has a bottle body 1 in whose upper part a shoulder 2 is formed. The bottle body 1 further has a bottle lip 3 formed on the top of the shoulder 2. Referring to FIG. 1 through FIG. 4, as a part of the reinforcing structure, the shoulder 2 is roughly a chamfered rectangular structure in the direction parallel to the width of the bottle, as shown clearly in the top view of FIG. 2. In other words, there are four vertical lateral faces 21 supporting the bottle lip 3 from below. Four slopes 22 are respectively formed at four corners between any two adjacent lateral faces 21. Each slope 22 has a downward-narrowed surface. All of the lateral faces 21 and the slopes 22 are plane and flat in geometry. Each of the lateral faces 21 has a downward-widened surface defined by the slopes 22 flanking it from two sides. Each of the lateral faces 21 has its upper edge 211 locationally close to the base 31 of the bottle lip 3.

[0016] As shown in FIG. 1 through FIG. 4, the bottle body 1 has its part 4 below the shoulder 2 being formed as a chamfered rectangular structure conforming to the shoulder 2. However, the part 4 below the shoulder 2 may be a columnar structure or of other shape not conforming to the shoulder 2 instead of the chamfered rectangular structure. In addition, in another preferred embodiment, each said lateral face 21 and the slopes 22 at its two sides are angularly connected by round corners.

[0017] With the disclosed reinforcing structure, the bottle body 1 has the shoulder 2 is roughly a chamfered rectangular structure in the direction parallel to the width of the bottle, and there are four vertical lateral faces 21 supporting the bottle lip 3 from below, with the slope 22 formed at the corner between any two adjacent lateral faces 21. Since the lateral faces 21 and the slopes 22 are plane and flat in geometry while each said slope 22 has a downward-narrowed surface so that each said lateral face 21 has a downward-widened surface defined by the slopes 22 flanking it from two sides, and each of the lateral faces 21 has its upper edge 211 locationally close to the base 31 of the bottle lip 3, the disclosed structure effectively reinforces the shoulder 2. As compared to the conventional bottle, when the same load in applied downward at the bottle lip 3, the sidewall of the bottle lip of the present invention is much stronger and much less likely to sink thanks to the reinforcing structure, thereby protecting the vertically stacked bottle bodies from deformation.

[0018] Moreover, an enhance ridge 23 is curve shaped and formed above the slope 22, each end of the enhance ridge 23 is connected to the shoulder 2, a center edge of the enhance ridge 23 is tangentially connected to the base 31 of the bottle lip 3, therefore the slope 22 is surrounded by the enhance ridge 23 and the shoulder 2, so as to form the downward-narrowed surface. In short, the enhance ridge 23 is provided to enhance the structural strength of the corner of the shoulder 2 for preventing the shoulder 2 from being easily deformable concaved.