Beverage container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11447322-B2
Application number	US-201916282063-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2019
Priority date	Feb 21, 2019
Publication date	Sep 20, 2022
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022

Abstract

A beverage container that includes a base, a cylindrical sidewall extending from and integrally formed with the base, and an upper region extending from the sidewall and defining an upper opening. The beverage container includes a longitudinal axis extending in a direction from the base to the upper opening. The beverage container further includes a continuous channel formed in and extending around a circumference of the sidewall. The continuous channel is sinusoidal such that the continuous channel forms peaks and troughs. A height of the continuous channel as measured in a direction of the longitudinal axis from a peak to a trough is about 30% to 80% of a height of the sidewall, such that the continuous channels resists elongation of the beverage container in a direction of the longitudinal axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A beverage container, comprising:
a base;
a cylindrical sidewall extending from and integrally formed with the base;
an upper region extending from the cylindrical sidewall and defining an upper opening, wherein the beverage container comprises a longitudinal axis extending in a direction from the base to the upper opening;
a continuous channel formed in and extending around a circumference of the cylindrical sidewall, wherein the continuous channel is sinusoidal such that the continuous channel forms peaks and troughs, wherein the continuous channel is configured to resist elongation of the beverage container in the direction of the longitudinal axis during a hot filling operation;
a first plurality of linear channel segments formed in the cylindrical sidewall in a first plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of the beverage container; and
a second plurality of linear channel segments formed in the cylindrical sidewall in a second plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of the beverage container, wherein a linear channel segment of the first plurality of linear channel segments is aligned in the direction of the longitudinal axis with a linear channel segment of the second plurality of linear channel segments, and
wherein a linear channel segment of the first plurality of linear channel segments has a first length in a circumferential direction, and a linear channel segment of the second plurality of linear channel segments has a second length in the circumferential direction that is different than the first length.

2. The beverage container of claim 1 , wherein the continuous channel is configured to resist elongation in the direction of the longitudinal axis when the beverage container is suspended from the upper region and is filled with a beverage having a temperature at or above a glass transition temperature of the beverage container.

3. The beverage container of claim 1 , comprising a lower continuous channel and an upper continuous channel that are spaced from one another in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the beverage container.

4. The beverage container of claim 3 , wherein each of the upper and lower continuous channels includes an upper bound defined as a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis at which the peaks are formed and a lower bound defined as a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis at which the troughs are formed, and wherein the upper bound of the lower continuous channel is above the lower bound of the upper continuous channel.

5. The beverage container of claim 3 , wherein the lower continuous channel and the upper continuous channel have the same dimensions.

6. The beverage container of claim 3 , wherein the peaks of the lower continuous channel and the peaks of the upper continuous channel are aligned in the longitudinal direction of the beverage container.

7. The beverage container of claim 1 , wherein the continuous channel comprises a diagonal region extending between a peak and a trough of the continuous channel that forms an angle of 40 to 50 degrees relative to a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of the beverage container.

8. The beverage container of claim 1 , wherein the first and second pluralities of linear channel segments are arranged above the continuous channel.

9. The beverage container of claim 1 , wherein the first and second pluralities of linear channel segments are spaced from the continuous channel.

10. The beverage container of claim 1 , wherein the continuous channel includes an upper bound that is a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis and at which the peaks are formed, and a lower bound that is a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis and at which the troughs are formed, and wherein the first and second pluralities of linear channel segments are positioned between the upper bound and the lower bound.

11. A beverage container, comprising:
a base;
a cylindrical sidewall extending from and integrally formed with the base;
an upper region extending from the cylindrical sidewall and defining an upper opening;
diagonal channels formed in the cylindrical sidewall and extending at an oblique angle relative to a plane transverse to a longitudinal axis of the beverage container, wherein the diagonal channels are spaced along a circumference of the cylindrical sidewall to resist deformation of the beverage container in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the beverage container and to resist paneling deformation in a shape of the cylindrical sidewall; and
linear channel segments formed in the cylindrical sidewall and extending along the circumference of the cylindrical sidewall, wherein the linear channel segments each have a depth that is the same as or greater than a depth of the diagonal channels, and wherein the linear channel segments resist paneling of the cylindrical sidewall when an internal pressure of the beverage container is less than an external pressure.

12. The beverage container of claim 11 , wherein the diagonal channels are arranged at an angle of 40 to 50 degrees relative to a plane that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the beverage container.

13. The beverage container of claim 11 , wherein each of the diagonal channels comprises a first end opposite a second end, and wherein a height of each of the diagonal channels as measured in a direction of the longitudinal axis from the first end to the second end is 30% to 80% of a height of the cylindrical sidewall of the beverage container.

14. The beverage container of claim 11 , wherein the diagonal channels are connected by peaks and troughs and form diagonal regions of a continuous channel.

15. The beverage container of claim 11 , wherein each of the linear channel segments has a rounded cross-sectional shape.

16. A beverage container, comprising:
a cylindrical sidewall; and
a continuous channel formed in and extending around the cylindrical sidewall, wherein the continuous channel has a sinusoidal pattern comprising three peaks and three troughs, wherein the continuous channel further comprises a diagonal region between a peak and a trough, and wherein the diagonal region is arranged at an angle of 40 to 50 degrees relative to a plane that is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the beverage container such that the continuous channel resists elongation of the beverage container in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the beverage container.

17. The beverage container of claim 16 , further comprising a first plurality of linear channel segments formed in the cylindrical sidewall in a first plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of the beverage container; and
a second plurality of linear channel segments formed in the cylindrical sidewall in a second plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of the beverage container, wherein a linear channel segment of the first plurality of linear channel segments is aligned in the direction of the longitudinal axis with a linear channel segment of the second plurality of linear channel segments.

18. The beverage container of claim 16 , further comprising linear channel segments formed in the cylindrical sidewall and extending along a circumference of the cylindrical sidewall, wherein the linear channel segments each have a depth that is the same as or greater than a depth of the continuous channel.

19. The beverage container of claim 17 , wherein a linear channel segment of one of the first and second pluralities of linear channel segments has a depth that is the same as or greater than a depth of the continuous

Assignees

• Pepsico Inc

Inventors

• Bhat Advait
• TELESCA Bruno
• Wiescinski Marc T

Classifications

• B65D1/42 Primary

  Reinforcing or strengthening parts or members · CPC title

• B65D2501/0036

  Hollow circonferential ribs · CPC title

• B65D1/0223

  characterised by shape · CPC title

• B65D79/005 Primary

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