CONTAINER HAVING A PETALOID BASE AND GROOVE

• US 20160144992A1
• Filed: 04/22/2014
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sidel Participations (Tetra Laval Holdings BV)
• Original Assignee: Sidel Participations (Tetra Laval Holdings BV)
• Inventors: Hermel, Wilfried
• Granted Patent: US 10,246,210 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0284 having a discontinuous contact surface, e.g. discrete feet
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2501/0036 Hollow circonferential ribs

Abstract

A container (1) includes a body and a petaloid base (3) extending the body, the base (3) including feet (7) separated into pairs by recessed valleys (12) that extend radially to an edge (8), the base (3) further including a series of grooves (17) that extend radially, extending at least partially along the bottom of the valleys (13), in which: the feet (7) extend axially to a height less than or equal to 1/5 of a radial extension of the bottom (3); the bottom (3) includes a central dome (5), whose concave part is turned towards the outside of the container (1); each groove (17) has an inner section (17A) that projects radially from the valley (12) and overlaps the dome (5), and an outer section (17B) that extends radially in the continuity of the inner section (17A), at the bottom of the respective valley (12).

Claims

1. Container (1) made of plastic material comprising a body (2) and a petaloid-shaped bottom (3) extending the body (2), the bottom (3) comprising a bottom wall (4) of general convex shape toward the outside, from which feet (7) formed by protrusions project, separated two at a time by portions of the bottom wall forming recessed valleys (12) that extend radially to a periphery (8) of the bottom (3), the bottom (3) further comprising a series of radial extension grooves (17) that extend at least partially at the bottom of the valleys (12), wherein:

the feet (7) extend axially over a height (D) that is less than or equal to 1/5 of a radial extension (A) of the bottom (3), the height (D) being measured axially from a standing plane (10) to the periphery (8) of the bottom (3);

the bottom (3) comprises a central dome (5) with concavity turned toward the outside of the container (1);

each groove (17) has an inner section (17A) that radially goes beyond the valley (12) and straddles the dome (5), and an outer section (17B) that extends radially in the continuation of the inner section (17A), at the bottom of the respective valley (12).

2. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the inner section (17A) of the groove (17) has a width greater than the outer section (17B).

3. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein each groove (17) has a contour that is tapering from the inside to the outside of the bottom (3).

4. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein each groove (17) ends on the outside by a pointed outer end (18).

5. Container (1) according to claim 4, wherein the outer ends (18) of the grooves (17) are placed in a circle that has a diameter (J) that is less than a radial extension (C) of a standing plane (10) defined by apexes (9) of the feet (7).

6. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the grooves (17) have a depth that gradually decreases from the inside to the outside of the bottom (3).

7. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein each valley ends on the inside at an inner end that is separate from the dome.

8. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the dome (5) has a radial extension that is greater than or equal to one-fifth of the radial extension of the bottom (3).

9. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the dome (5) has a rise that is greater than or equal to one-half of a height of the bottom.

10. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the feet (7) have sides (16) that border the valleys (12) and that have an angular opening (F, G) that gradually decreases from the inside to the outside of the bottom (3).

11. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein each groove (17) has a contour that is tapering from the inside to the outside of the bottom (3).

12. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein each groove (17) ends on the outside by a pointed outer end (18).

13. Container (1) according to claim 3, wherein each groove (17) ends on the outside by a pointed outer end (18).

14. Container (1) according to claim 12, wherein the outer ends (18) of the grooves (17) are placed in a circle that has a diameter (J) that is less than a radial extension (C) of a standing plane (10) defined by apexes (9) of the feet (7).

15. Container (1) according to claim 13, wherein the outer ends (18) of the grooves (17) are placed in a circle that has a diameter (J) that is less than a radial extension (C) of a standing plane (10) defined by apexes (9) of the feet (7).

16. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein the grooves (17) have a depth that gradually decreases from the inside to the outside of the bottom (3).

17. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein each valley ends on the inside at an inner end that is separate from the dome.

18. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein the dome (5) has a radial extension that is greater than or equal to one-fifth of the radial extension of the bottom (3).

19. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein the dome (5) has a rise that is greater than or equal to one-half of a height of the bottom.

20. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein the feet (7) have sides (16) that border the valleys (12) and that have an angular opening (F, G) that gradually decreases from the inside to the outside of the bottom (3).