Bottle with Top Loading Resistance with Front and Back Ribs

• US 20120175338A1
• Filed: 01/05/2012
• Published: 07/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SC Johnson & Son Incorporated
• Original Assignee: SC Johnson & Son Incorporated
• Inventors: Castillo Higareda, Jose de Jesus, Neumann, Peter M., Hern, Matthew D., Swetish, Gary B., Lloyd, Benjamin R., Hampf, Holger
• Granted Patent: US 8,662,329 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 215/382
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/023 Neck construction
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/46 Local reinforcements, e.g. adjacent closures
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 23/02 Linings or internal coatings
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 23/102 Gripping means formed in the walls, e.g. roughening, cavities, projections
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2501/0036 Hollow circonferential ribs
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2501/0081 Bottles of non-circular cross-section

Abstract

Bottles with improved top loading resistance are disclosed herein. The bottles may have generally “square” body profiles and may include structural features such as variable wall thickness, specific shoulder angles, and other structural reinforcement components. The bottles may include laterally extending ribs on the barrel to improve their lateral stacking strength, and may do so without adversely affecting their top loading strength. The bottles may have one or both of the following characteristics: a weight and barrel thickness specific top loading strength of no less than 2.30 lbf/g×mm and a weight and volume specific top loading strength of no less than 1.00 lbf×L/g.

Claims

1. A bottle, comprising:

a neck terminating in a mouth; and

a barrel connected to a base, the barrel including a plurality of laterally extending ribs, the bottle having a weight and barrel thickness specific top loading strength of at least 2.30 lbf/(g×

mm).

2. The bottle of claim 1, wherein the neck comprises two opposing sidewalls interconnecting opposing front and back walls.

3. The bottle of claim 2, wherein the thickness of the neck front wall is about 1.5 times the thickness of the neck back wall.

4. The bottle of claim 3, wherein the thickness of the neck front wall is about 1.5 times the thickness of the neck sidewalls.

5. The bottle of claim 1, wherein the neck merges into the barrel at an angle of no less than about 15°

.

6. The bottle of claim 1, wherein the barrel comprises two opposing sidewalls interconnecting opposing front and back walls, the ribs being defined between laterally extending recesses provided on the front and back walls of the barrel.

7. The bottle of claim 6, wherein the sidewalls of the barrel is rib-free.

8. The bottle of claim 6, wherein the at least some of the ribs on the front wall of the barrel are in lateral registration with some of the recesses on the back wall of the barrel.

9. The bottle of claim 8, wherein the ribs have a vertical height greater than the recesses.

10. A bottle, comprising:

a neck terminating in a mouth; and

a barrel connected to a base, the barrel including a plurality of laterally extending ribs, the bottle having a weight and volume specific top loading strength of at least 1.00 (lbf×

L)/g.

11. The bottle of claim 10, wherein the neck comprises two opposing sidewalls interconnecting opposing front and back walls.

12. The bottle of claim 11, wherein the thickness of the neck front wall is about 1.5 times the thickness of the barrel.

13. The bottle of claim 10, wherein the neck merges into the barrel at an angle of no less than about 15°

.

14. The bottle of claim 10, wherein the barrel comprises two opposing sidewalls interconnecting opposing front and back walls, the ribs being defined between laterally extending recesses provided on the front and back walls of the barrel.

15. The bottle of claim 14, wherein the sidewalls of the barrel is rib-free.

16. The bottle of claim 14, wherein the at least some of the ribs on the front wall of the barrel are in lateral registration with some of the recesses on the back wall of the barrel.

17. The bottle of claim 16, wherein the ribs have a vertical height greater than the recesses.

20. The bottle of claim 14, wherein the at least some of the ribs on the front wall of the barrel are in lateral registration with some of the recesses on the back wall of the barrel and wherein the ribs have a vertical height greater than the recesses.

18. A bottle, comprising:

a neck terminating in a mouth; and

a barrel connected to a base, the barrel including a plurality of laterally extending ribs, the bottle having a weight and volume specific top loading strength of at least 1.00 (lbf×

L)/g, and a weight and barrel thickness specific top loading strength of at least 2.30 lbf/(g×

mm).

19. The bottle of claim 18, wherein the barrel comprises two opposing sidewalls interconnecting opposing front and back walls, the ribs being defined between laterally extending recesses provided on the front and back walls of the barrel.