Transparent bottles including faceted side walls

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12102603-B2
Application number	US-202117147544-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2021
Priority date	Jan 13, 2020
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

A transparent bottle for holding a liquid includes a bottle body that includes a front wall, a rear wall and a first side wall and a second side wall that extend between the front wall and the rear wall. The first side wall includes a central portion and a front faceted portion that extends between the central portion and the front wall. The front faceted portion is curved relative to the central portion and is separated from the central portion by a front outer transition line and is separated from the front wall by a front inner transition line. A bottom that extends between the front wall, the rear wall and the first and second side walls. The bottom provides a base structure for supporting the bottle in an upright, standing position. A shoulder extends inward from the bottle body and a neck extends outward from the shoulder toward a mouth.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transparent bottle for holding a liquid, comprising:
a bottle body formed of a transparent plastic material, the bottle body comprising:
a convex front wall;
a convex rear wall opposite the convex front wall;
a first side wall; and
a second side wall opposite the first side wall,

wherein each of the first side wall and the second side wall, respectively, extends between and connects to the convex front wall and the convex rear wall, the first side wall and the second side wall each comprising:
a central portion;
a front faceted portion that extends between the central portion and the convex front wall, the front faceted portion is angled relative to the central portion and is separated from the central portion by a front outer transition line and is separated from the convex front wall by a front inner transition line; and
a rear faceted portion that extends between the central portion and the convex rear wall, the rear faceted portion is angled relative to the central portion and is separated from the central portion by a rear outer transition line and is separated from the convex rear wall by a rear inner transition line;
wherein the convex front wall and the convex rear wall are each convex such that they both curve outwardly from the first side wall to the second side wall;
a bottom that extends between the convex front wall, the convex rear wall and the first and second side walls, the bottom providing a base structure for supporting the transparent bottle in an upright, standing position;
a shoulder that extends inward from the bottle body; and
a neck that extends outward from the shoulder toward a mouth;
wherein the convex front wall, the convex rear wall, and the first and second side walls define a continuous periphery in the form of a convex shape when a horizontal cross-section, through the middle of the transparent bottle when standing, is seen orthogonally from an axis that is perpendicular relative to the horizontal cross-section and that is co-linear with the center of the mouth.

2. The transparent bottle of claim 1 , wherein the front inner transition line and the another front inner transition line are substantially parallel and the rear inner transition line and the another rear transition line are substantially parallel.

3. The transparent bottle of claim 2 , wherein the front outer transition line and the rear outer transition line extend toward each other from the shoulder toward the bottom.

4. The transparent bottle of claim 1 further comprising a front label that covers a region of the convex front wall, wherein the front faceted portion is uncovered by the front label.

5. The transparent bottle of claim 4 , wherein the front label covers at least about 50 percent of the convex front wall.

6. The transparent bottle of claim 1 , wherein the neck extends outward from the shoulder at a transition region and increases in width at a filling region.

7. The transparent bottle of claim 6 , wherein the filling region has a volume of from about 15 mL to about 25 mL.

8. A transparent bottle for holding a liquid, comprising:
a bottle body formed of a transparent plastic material, the bottle body comprising:
a convex front wall;
a convex rear wall opposite the convex front wall;
a first side wall that extends between and connects to each of the convex front wall and the convex rear wall, the first side wall comprising a central portion and a front faceted portion that extends between the central portion and the convex front wall;
a second side wall that is opposite the first side wall and that extends between and connects to each of the convex front wall and the convex rear wall, the second side wall comprising another central portion and another front faceted portion that extends between the central portion and the convex front wall;
wherein the convex front wall and the convex rear wall are each convex such that they both curve outwardly from the first side wall to the second side wall;
a shoulder that extends inward from the bottle body; and
a neck that extends outward from the shoulder toward a mouth;
wherein at least about five percent of a front facing area of the bottle body is uncovered and transparent through the front faceted portion when 100 percent of the convex front wall is covered and opaque;
wherein the convex front wall, the convex rear wall, and the first and second side walls define a continuous periphery in the form of a convex shape when a horizontal cross-section, through the middle of the transparent bottle when standing, is seen orthogonally from an axis that is perpendicular relative to the horizontal cross-section and that is co-linear with the center of the mouth.

9. The transparent bottle of claim 8 , wherein at least about five percent of a front facing area of the bottle body is uncovered and transparent through the another front faceted portion when 100 percent of the convex front wall is covered and opaque.

10. The transparent bottle of claim 8 , wherein the front faceted portion has a radius of curvature that is less than a radius of curvature of the central portion and is separated from the central portion by a front outer transition line and is separated from the convex front wall by a front inner transition line.

11. The transparent bottle of claim 10 , wherein the first side wall comprises a rear faceted portion that extends between the central portion and the convex rear wall, the rear faceted portion having a radius of curvature that is less than the radius of curvature of the central portion and is separated from the central portion by a rear outer transition line and is separated from the convex rear wall by a rear inner transition line.

12. The transparent bottle of claim 11 , wherein the another front faceted portion has a radius of curvature that is less than the radius of curvature of the central portion and is separated from the another central portion by another front outer transition line and is separated from the convex front wall by another front inner transition line.

13. The transparent bottle of claim 12 , wherein the second side wall comprises another rear faceted portion that extends between the another central portion and the convex rear wall, the another rear faceted portion having a radius of curvature that is less than the radius of curvature of the another central portion and is separated from the another central portion by another rear outer transition line and is separated from the convex rear wall by another rear inner transition line.

14. The transparent bottle of claim 13 , wherein the front inner transition line and the another front inner transition line are substantially parallel and the rear inner transition line and the another rear transition line are substantially parallel.

15. The transparent bottle of claim 14 , wherein the front outer transition line and the rear outer transition line extend toward each other from the shoulder toward the bottom.

16. The transparent bottle of claim 11 , wherein a forward-facing perimeter length between the front outer transition line and the another front outer transition line increases from the shoulder toward the bottom.

17. The transparent bottle of claim 8 , wherein the neck extends outward from the shoulder at a transition region and increases in width at a filling region.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Van Skaik Elliott Michael
• Maclam Dennis Lee
• Peraza Luis

Classifications

• B65D25/54

  Inspection openings or windows · CPC title

• B65D2501/0081

  Bottles of non-circular cross-section · CPC title

• B65D1/0223 Primary

  characterised by shape · CPC title

• B65D47/06

  with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages (with slidable spouts B65D47/26) · CPC title

• B65D41/26

  Caps or cap-like covers serving as, or incorporating, drinking or measuring vessels · CPC title