CONTAINER PROVIDED WITH A DEFORMABLE BASE WITH A DOUBLE ARCH

• US 20160304233A1
• Filed: 04/22/2014
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sidel Participations (Tetra Laval Holdings BV)
• Original Assignee: Sidel Participations (Tetra Laval Holdings BV)
• Inventors: HERMEL, Wilfried
• Application Number:
  US14/777,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20160304233A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0207 characterised by material, e.g. composition, physical features
• 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

Container (1) made of plastics material, including a body (5) which extends along a main axis (X), and a base (6) which extends at a lower end of the body (5), the base (6) being provided with protruding feet (7) that are provided with crowns (11) which extend in a common setting-down plane (12), pairs of the feet (7) being separated by recessed grooves (15) which extend radially from a central region (8) of the base (6), each foot (7) having two flanks (17) that each laterally border a groove (15), characterized in that the flanks (17) of two adjacent feet (7) which border one and the same groove (15) form between one another, at the level of the setting-down plane (12) and in a plane transverse to the radial direction of extension of the groove (15), an obtuse angle (A) at the crown.

Claims

1. Container (1) made of plastic material comprising a body (5), which extends along a main axis (X), and a bottom (6) that extends at a lower end of the body (5), the bottom (6) being provided with projecting feet (7) having apexes (11) that extend into a common standing plane (12), the feet (7) being separated into pairs by recessed grooves (15) that extend radially from a central area (8) of the bottom (6), each foot (7) exhibiting two sides (17) that each laterally border a groove (15), wherein the sides (17) of two adjacent feet (7) that border the same groove (15) form between them, in the area of the standing plane (12) and in a plane crosswise to the radial direction of extension of the groove (15), an angle (A) that is obtuse at the apex, each groove (15) having a depth H, measured on a level with the standing plane (12) between it and the bottom of the groove (15), such that:

2. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the angle A at the apex between the sides (17) is between 90°

and 150°

.

3. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein the angle A at the apex between the sides (17) is about 120°

.

4. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein each side (17) exhibits a concavity turned toward the exterior of the container (1).

5. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the depth of the groove (15) is such that

6. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the sides (17) bordering the same groove (15) define, in a plane parallel to the standing plane (12), a maximum angular opening B, measured on the axis (X) of the body (5), greater than the angular opening C defined by the apex (11) of each foot (7), measured in the standing plane (12) on the axis (X) of the body (5).

7. Container (1) according to claim 6, wherein the maximum angular opening B of the sides (17) is such that

8. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the bottom (6) of the container exhibits two concentric regions, namely a central region (18) and a peripheral region (19), separated by a median axial step (20) that extends annularly in a continuous manner, such that the central region (18) is axially offset in relation to the peripheral region (19) toward the interior of the container (1).

9. Container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the grooves (15) extend beyond the standing plane (12) onto an outer lateral wall (13) of the bottom.

10. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein each side (17) exhibits a concavity turned toward the exterior of the container (1).

11. Container (1) according to claim 3, wherein each side (17) exhibits a concavity turned toward the exterior of the container (1).

12. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein the depth of the groove (15) is such that

13. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein the sides (17) bordering the same groove (15) define, in a plane parallel to the standing plane (12), a maximum angular opening B, measured on the axis (X) of the body (5), greater than the angular opening C defined by the apex (11) of each foot (7), measured in the standing plane (12) on the axis (X) of the body (5).

14. Container (1) according to claim 13, wherein the maximum angular opening B of the sides (17) is such that

15. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein the bottom (6) of the container exhibits two concentric regions, namely a central region (18) and a peripheral region (19), separated by a median axial step (20) that extends annularly in a continuous manner, such that the central region (18) is axially offset in relation to the peripheral region (19) toward the interior of the container (1).

16. Container (1) according to claim 2, wherein the grooves (15) extend beyond the standing plane (12) onto an outer lateral wall (13) of the bottom.

17. Container (1) according to claim 4, wherein the depth of the groove (15) is such that

18. Container (1) according to claim 5, wherein the sides (17) bordering the same groove (15) define, in a plane parallel to the standing plane (12), a maximum angular opening B, measured on the axis (X) of the body (5), greater than the angular opening C defined by the apex (11) of each foot (7), measured in the standing plane (12) on the axis (X) of the body (5).

19. Container (1) according to claim 18, wherein the maximum angular opening B of the sides (17) is such that

20. Container (1) according to claim 4, wherein the bottom (6) of the container exhibits two concentric regions, namely a central region (18) and a peripheral region (19), separated by a median axial step (20) that extends annularly in a continuous manner, such that the central region (18) is axially offset in relation to the peripheral region (19) toward the interior of the container (1).