Plastic container with a generally hemispherical bottom wall having hollow legs projecting therefrom
First Claim
1. In a blow molded plastic container of the type comprising a tubular body terminating in a generally hemispherical outwardly convex bottom wall, said bottom wall being interrupted by a plurality of circumferentially spaced hollow legs with portions of said bottom wall disposed therebetween and terminating in a lower polar portion, said hollow legs terminating in lowermost supporting feet the improvement comprising said bottom wall in axial half cross-section between an adjacent pair of said legs being in part of a constant curvature and in part other than of a constant curvature and including a constant curvature curved line portion and an intermediate straight line portion wherein said bottom has a frustoconical segment.
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to improvements in the cross section of a bottom end of a plastic bottle suitable for packaging liquids under internal pressures. The bottom end is primarily one which includes a generally hemispherical bottom wall having projecting therefrom in circumferentially spaced relation hollow legs terminating in supporting feet. The bottom end is stiffened against creep of the plastic material over a period of time under the influence of the internal pressure by changing the configuration of the bottom wall from that of a hemisphere to one which includes a configuration of straight line sections and curved line sections when viewed in radial cross section along the axis of the bottle.
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- 1. In a blow molded plastic container of the type comprising a tubular body terminating in a generally hemispherical outwardly convex bottom wall, said bottom wall being interrupted by a plurality of circumferentially spaced hollow legs with portions of said bottom wall disposed therebetween and terminating in a lower polar portion, said hollow legs terminating in lowermost supporting feet the improvement comprising said bottom wall in axial half cross-section between an adjacent pair of said legs being in part of a constant curvature and in part other than of a constant curvature and including a constant curvature curved line portion and an intermediate straight line portion wherein said bottom has a frustoconical segment.
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