Bottle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10017312-B2
Application number	US-201314375954-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2013
Priority date	Feb 29, 2012
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

A bottle includes a cylindrical body portion in which a plurality of panel portions, which is recessed toward an inside in a radial direction of the body portion, are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction and pillar portions are each provided between the panel portions adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. The panel portions each have a panel bottom wall portion located at an inside of the body in the radial direction and have a lateral wall portion extending from an outer circumferential edge of the panel bottom wall portion to an outside in the radial direction. A rib which protrudes toward the outside in the radial direction while having a gap with respect to the panel bottom wall portion is provided at the panel bottom wall portion, and a longitudinal lateral wall portion is at least directed in the circumferential direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bottle comprising
a cylindrical body portion in which a plurality of panel portions, which is recessed toward an inside in a radial direction of the cylindrical body portion, are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction and in which pillar portions are each provided between the panel portions adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, wherein
the panel portions each have a panel bottom wall portion located at an inside of the cylindrical body portion in the radial direction and two lateral wall portions each extending from an outer circumferential edge of the panel bottom wall portion to an outside in the radial direction,
a rib of the plurality of panel portions which protrudes toward the outside in the radial direction while having a gap with respect to a longitudinal lateral wall portion of each lateral wall portion is provided at the panel bottom wall portion, the longitudinal lateral wall portion is at least directed in the circumferential direction,
the rib includes a top wall portion located at the outside in the radial direction, and peripheral end wall portions configured to connect circumferential outer ends of the top wall portion and the panel bottom wall portions, and
the top wall portion of the rib has an outer surface when viewed in a transverse section in the radial direction, the outer surface located on a virtual circle that connects outer surfaces of top parts which are located at the outside in the radial direction of the plurality of pillar portions in the circumferential direction,
the rib and the pillar portion of the cylindrical body portion have circumferential sizes greater than or equal to a circumferential size of a radial outer end opening part of the gap,
the gap is defined by the longitudinal lateral wall portion, the peripheral end wall portion and a connecting portion that connects a radially inner end of the longitudinal lateral wall portion and a radially inner end of the peripheral end wall portion when viewed in a transverse section running in the radial direction,
the longitudinal lateral wall portion inclines from a top part of the pillar portion toward the rib as the longitudinal lateral wall portion goes inward from outside of the bottle in the radial direction or extends in the radial direction without inclination,
the connecting portion inclines from the longitudinal lateral wall portion toward the peripheral end wall portion as the connecting portion goes inward from the outside of the bottle in the radial direction, and
the peripheral end wall portion inclines from the top wall portion of the rib toward the pillar portion as the peripheral end wall portion goes inward from the outside of the bottle in the radial direction.

2. The bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the panel portions formed at intervals in the circumferential direction are four or more.

3. The bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the rib is formed throughout a length of the panel bottom wall portion in a direction of a bottle axis.

4. The bottle according to claim 3 , wherein a position of a radial inner end of the longitudinal lateral wall portion and a position of a radial inner end of the peripheral end wall portion of the rib are different in the radial direction.

5. The bottle according to claim 4 , wherein the radial inner end of the peripheral end wall portion is located at more inside in the radial direction than the radial inner end of the longitudinal lateral wall portion.

6. The bottle according to claim 5 , wherein:
the bottle has an internal capacity 280 ml or more and 1000 ml or less; and
a radial distance between the radial inner end of the longitudinal lateral wall portion and the radial inner end of the peripheral end wall portion of the rib ranges from 1.0 mm. to 2.0 mm.

7. The bottle according to claim 5 , wherein the rib and the pillar portion are formed in line symmetry with respect to a central line passing through circumferential centers thereof when viewed in a transverse section in the radial direction.

8. The bottle according to claim 4 , wherein:
the bottle has an internal capacity 280 ml or more and 1000 ml or less; and
a radial distance between the radial inner end of the longitudinal lateral wall portion and the radial inner end of the peripheral end wall portion of the rib ranges from 1.0 mm. to 2.0 mm.

9. The bottle according to claim 4 , wherein the rib and the pillar portion are formed in line symmetry with respect to a central line passing through circumferential centers thereof when viewed in a transverse section in the radial direction.

10. The bottle according to claim 1 , wherein a position of a radial inner end of the longitudinal lateral wall portion and a position of a radial inner end of the peripheral end wall portion of the rib are different in the radial direction.

11. The bottle according to claim 10 , wherein the radial inner end of the peripheral end wall portion is located at more inside in the radial direction than the radial inner end of the longitudinal lateral wall portion.

12. The bottle according to claim 11 , wherein:
the bottle has an internal capacity 280 ml or more and 1000 ml or less; and
a radial distance between the radial inner end of the longitudinal lateral wall portion and the radial inner end of the peripheral end wall portion of the rib ranges from 1.0 mm. to 2.0 mm.

13. The bottle according to claim 11 , wherein the rib and the pillar portion are formed in line symmetry with respect to a central line passing through circumferential centers thereof when viewed in a transverse section in the radial direction.

14. The bottle according to claim 10 , wherein:
the bottle has an internal capacity 280 ml or more and 1000 ml or less; and
a radial distance between the radial inner end of the longitudinal lateral wall portion and the radial inner end of the peripheral end wall portion of the rib ranges from 1.0 mm. to 2.0 mm.

15. The bottle according to claim 10 , wherein the rib and the pillar portion are formed in line symmetry with respect to a central line passing through circumferential centers thereof when viewed in a transverse section in the radial direction.

16. The bottle according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface which is located at the outside of the rib in the radial direction is located on a virtual circle when viewed in a transverse section in the radial direction, the virtual circle connects top parts of the pillar portions which are located at the outside in the radial direction in the circumferential direction.

17. The bottle according to claim 16 , wherein a rib width in the tangential direction of an outer periphery of a virtual circle of an intermediate part at a top surface of the rib is set to 10% or more and 38.5% or less of a panel width in a tangential direction of an outer periphery of a virtual circle of an intermediate part at the top surface of the rib.

18. The bottle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the rib is formed throughout a length of the panel bottom wall portion in a direction of a bottle axis.

19. The bottle according to claim 1 , further comprising
a bottom portion continuous with a lower end of the cylindrical body portion and configured to close a lower end opening part of the cylindrical body portion, wherein
a bottom wall portion of the bottom portion includes:
a grounding portion located at an outer circumferential edge;
a standing peripheral wall portion continuous with the grounding portion from the inside in the radial direction and config

Assignees

• Oguchi Hiroki
• Kurihara Goro
• Yoshino Kogyosho Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oguchi Hiroki
• Kurihara Goro

Classifications

• B65D1/0223 Primary

  characterised by shape · CPC title

• B65D1/0276 Primary

  having a continuous contact surface, e.g. Champagne-type bottom · CPC title

• B65D2501/0018

  Ribs · CPC title

• B65D2501/0027

  Hollow longitudinal ribs · CPC title

• B65D79/005 Primary

  Packages having deformable parts for indicating or neutralizing internal pressure-variations by other means than venting · CPC title