Plastic container

• US 9,957,077 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2015
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Company KG (Alpla Privatstiftung)
• Original Assignee: Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Company KG (Alpla Privatstiftung)
• Inventors: Dornbach, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): Pickett, J. Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): WEINERTH, GIDEON R
• Application Number:
  US14/725,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20150259090A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• Field of Search: 215371, 215375, 215376, 215377, 215277, 220608, 220720, 220721, 220609
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0207 characterised by material, e.g. composition, physical features
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0261 Bottom construction B65D1/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0276 having a continuous contact surface, e.g. Champagne-type bottom
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0284 having a discontinuous contact surface, e.g. discrete feet

Abstract

A plastic container for storing liquid under a low overpressure having a container body, to whose one longitudinal end a container neck is connected, which neck has a pour opening. A bottom section has a container bottom and an edge area pulled up on the sides and that turns into the container body, is connected to the other longitudinal end of the container body. The container bottom has a curved concave section, whose periphery is connected via an axially projecting, graduated transition area to a platform that runs into the edge area pulled up on the sides. The platform and at least one partial area of the graduated transition area are interrupted by a first number of grooves. In the concave section, a second number of panel-like projections are made, which essentially extend between the graduated transition area and the longitudinal axis and end before the graduated transition area.

Claims

1. A plastic container for storing liquid products under a low overpressure, the container comprising:

a container body extending along a longitudinal axis;

a container neck connected to one longitudinal end of the container body, the neck having at least one pour opening,

a bottom section connected to another longitudinal end of the container bottom, the bottom section having a container bottom and an edge area that is pulled up on the sides and that turns into the container body, wherein in a direction of a container interior that is bounded by the container body, the container bottom has a curved concave section, whose periphery is connected via an axially projecting, graduated transition area to a platform that runs into the edge area that is pulled up on the sides, the graduated transition area including at least one step, the platform and at least one partial area of the graduated transition area interrupted by a first number of grooves, and the concave section having a second number of panel-like projections that project outwardly, which essentially extend between the graduated transition area and the longitudinal axis and end before the graduated transition area.

2. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the grooves extend into the edge area of the bottom section that is pulled up on the sides.

3. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the number of grooves and the number of panel-like projections are different from one another.

4. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the concave section of the container bottom comprises:

a central dome that extends into the interior of the container.

5. The plastic container according to claim 4, wherein the panel-like projections in each case end before a transition from the concave section to the central dome.

6. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein an axial height(s) that is bridged between the concave section and the platform by the graduated transition area is 0.2 mm to 10 mm.

7. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein an axial height(s) that is bridged between the concave section and the platform by the graduated transition area is 0.5 mm to 5 mm.

8. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the graduated transition area has an extension that runs essentially radially and that is 0.2 mm to 10 mm.

9. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the grooves have a depth, which is 0.5 mm to 5 mm.

10. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein a depth of the grooves is the same as or greater than a height(s) of the graduated transition area that extends between the concave section and the platform.

11. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the grooves have an opening angle (α

), which is 20°

to 50°

.

12. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the panel-like projections have a maximum extension, measured in a vicinity of the graduated transition area, in the peripheral direction, which is 2 mm to 10 mm.

13. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the panel-like projections relative to the concave section have a maximum protrusion that is 0.5 mm to 5 mm.

14. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the platform has a width that extends essentially crosswise to the peripheral direction and that is 0.1 mm to 5 mm.

15. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the grooves have an outlet that extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis and that projects 0.2 mm to 4 mm into the concave section.

16. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the first number of grooves is odd.

17. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the bottom section has seven grooves distributed essentially uniformly over the periphery of the bottom section.

18. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the plastic container is a stretch-blow-molded container, produced from an elongated preshaped body.

19. The plastic container according to claim 1, wherein the graduated transition area is configured to perform a hinge or spring function for the concave section.