Compressible and expandable bottle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11535415-B2
Application number	US-202117203082-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2021
Priority date	Mar 16, 2021
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

In an embodiment of the invention, there is shown a bottle having a plurality of shoulder faceted sections and a plurality of bottom faceted section positioned into the shoulder and lower well of the bottle respectively. A triangulated cylinder is formed into the bottle by having pairs of obtuse triangles with a shared side of the triangles located opposite their obtuse angles forming polygons around the triangulated cylinder and in a number of rows between the shoulder and lower well of the bottle. The body of the bottle is made of a material configured to allow the bottle to be compressible and expandable.

First claim

We claim:

1. A bottle having a neck with an opening for access into an internal volume of the bottle, the bottle further having a shoulder section terminating at a body which extends downwardly to a lower well and bottom; the bottle further comprising:
a plurality of shoulder faceted sections and a plurality of bottom faceted sections defined into the shoulder and lower well of the bottle respectively;
a triangulated cylinder formed into the body of the bottle, the triangulated cylinder being defined by having pairs of obtuse triangles with a shared side of the triangles located opposite their respective obtuse angles and forming polygons around the triangulated cylinder and in a number of rows between the shoulder and lower well of the bottle;
the triangulated cylinder of the bottle being compressible and expandable to configure the bottle into a compressed configuration and an expanded configuration, and wherein the bottle is made from a material such that when in a compressed configuration the material about each shared side of the triangles opposite their obtuse angles is placed in tension and configured to cause the triangulated cylinder to return to the expanded configuration; and
wherein the triangulated cylinder in the expanded configuration has an expanded height that is six times higher than a compressed height of the triangulated cylinder in the compressed configuration, and
wherein the triangulated cylinder further is defined by having the polygons displace around the triangulated cylinder from one row to the row there below, such that a column of polygons is displaced at a predefined rotational angle between rows, wherein the column of polygons starting under a first shoulder faceted section is displaced to end over a different bottom faceted section.

2. The bottle of claim 1 further comprising:
wrapping material around the bottle in the compressed configuration to prevent the bottle from returning to the expanded configuration, and the wrapping material having a frangible removable section.

3. The bottle of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of shoulder faceted sections and the bottom faceted sections equals eight.

4. The bottle of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of rows equals four.

5. The bottle of claim 4 , wherein the total height of the bottle in the expanded configuration is about three times higher than the bottle in the compressed configuration.

6. The bottle of claim 1 , wherein the predefined rotational angle displaces the column of polygons over two faceted sections.

7. The bottle of claim 2 further comprising a liquid or powder additive included into the compressed configuration for packaging.

8. A compressible and expandable bottle with packaging comprising:
a bottle having:
a neck with an opening for access into an internal volume of the bottle, the bottle further having a shoulder section terminating at a body which extends downwardly to a lower well and bottom;
a plurality of shoulder faceted sections and a plurality of bottom faceted sections defined into the shoulder and lower well of the bottle respectively;
a triangulated cylinder formed into the body of the bottle, the triangulated cylinder being defined by having pairs of obtuse triangles with a shared side of the triangles located opposite their respective obtuse angles and forming polygons around the triangulated cylinder and in a number of rows between the shoulder and lower well of the bottle; and
the triangulated cylinder of the bottle being compressible and expandable to configure the bottle into a compressed configuration and an expanded configuration, and wherein the bottle is made from a material such that when in a compressed configuration the material about each shared side of the triangles opposite their obtuse angles is placed in tension and configured to cause the triangulated cylinder to return to the expanded configuration;
a liquid or powder additive included into the compressed configuration for packaging;
wrapping material around the bottle in the compressed configuration to prevent the bottle from returning to the expanded configuration, and the wrapping material having a frangible removable section; and
wherein the triangulated cylinder further is defined by having the polygons displace around the triangulated cylinder from one row to the row there below, such that a column of polygons is displaced at a predefined rotational angle between rows, wherein the column of polygons starting under a first shoulder faceted section is displaced to end over a different bottom faceted section.

9. The compressible and expandable bottle with packaging of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of shoulder faceted sections and the bottom faceted sections equals eight and wherein the plurality of rows equals four.

10. The compressible and expandable bottle with packaging of claim 9 , wherein the triangulated cylinder in the expanded configuration has an expanded height that is six times higher than a compressed height of the triangulated cylinder in the compressed configuration.

11. The compressible and expandable bottle with packaging of claim 10 , wherein the total height of the bottle in the expanded configuration is about three times higher than the bottle in the compressed configuration.

12. A bottle having a neck with an opening for access into an internal volume of the bottle, the bottle further having a shoulder section terminating at a body which extends downwardly to a lower well and bottom; the bottle further comprising:
a plurality of shoulder faceted sections and a plurality of bottom faceted sections defined into the shoulder and lower well of the bottle respectively;
a triangulated cylinder formed into the body of the bottle, the triangulated cylinder being defined by having pairs of obtuse triangles with a shared side of the triangles located opposite their respective obtuse angles and forming polygons around the triangulated cylinder and in a number of rows between the shoulder and lower well of the bottle;
the triangulated cylinder of the bottle being compressible and expandable to configure the bottle into a compressed configuration and an expanded configuration, and wherein the bottle is made from a material such that when in a compressed configuration the material about each shared side of the triangles opposite their obtuse angles is placed in tension and configured to cause the triangulated cylinder to return to the expanded configuration; and
wrapping material positioned around the shoulder section of the bottle and the bottom of the bottle and configured to maintain the bottle in the compressed configuration preventing the bottle from returning to the expanded configuration, and the wrapping material having a frangible removable section such that when the wrapping material is removed from the bottle the material of the bottle tends to expand the bottle from the compressed configuration to the expanded configuration and,
wherein the triangulated cylinder further is defined by having the polygons displace around the triangulated cylinder from one row to the row there below, such that a column of polygons is displaced at a predefined rotational angle between rows, and wherein the column of polygons starting under a first shoulder faceted section is displaced to end over a different bottom faceted section.

13. The bottle of claim 12 , wherein the triangulated cylinder in the expanded configuration has an expanded height that is six times higher than a compressed height of the triangulated cylinder in the compressed configuration.

14. The bottle of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of shoulder faceted sections and the bottom f

Assignees

• Berlin Packaging Llc

Inventors

• Garfield Alexander Nathan
• Epperson Katrina Marie
• Flood Nora Kathleen

Classifications

• B65D1/0292 Primary

  Foldable bottles · CPC title

• B65D1/40

  Details of walls (other container details B65D23/00, B65D25/00) · CPC title

• A45F3/20

  of flexible material; Collapsible or stackable cups · CPC title

• B65D2501/0081

  Bottles of non-circular cross-section · CPC title

• B65D21/086

  Collapsible or telescopic containers (B65D1/0292 and B65D21/068 take precedence) · CPC title