Bottle shaped container with integrated sleeve
View Patent ↗A bottle-shaped container comprises at least three components. The first component is injection molded, has a desired shape, side walls, an opening at a top and a neck portion that connects the side walls to the top. The ratio of a diameter of the opening to a largest length of the inside wall is no greater than 0.75. The second component is a sleeve that abuts the inside side walls. The sleeve comprises side walls and a bottom section. An outside portion of the sleeve is fixed to inside side walls by a notch or lip located at an inside portion of the neck. The third component is a bottom that abuts an outside portion of the bottom section of the sleeve. A portion of each end of bottom is fixed to a portion of an undercut of a bottom of the bottle side walls.
1. A bottle-shaped container comprising at least three components,
wherein a first one of the components is injection molded, composed of a desired shape and comprises at least side walls, an opening at a top and a neck portion that connects the side walls to the top;
wherein a second one of the components is a sleeve that abuts at least a portion of the inside side walls of the first component, the sleeve comprises side walls and a bottom section, an outside portion of the sleeve is fixed to at least a portion of inside side walls of the first component by a notch or lip located at an inside portion of the neck portion; and
wherein a third one of the components is a bottom that abuts an outside portion of the bottom section of the sleeve, a portion of each end of the bottom is fixed to a portion of an undercut formed on a bottom surface of the sleeve
wherein the notch or lip defines a channel that receives an uppermost edge of the sleeve, and the notch or lip is formed by a flange that extends downwardly from the neck portion on an interior of the first component, and the channel is defined between the flange and the side walls.
2. The bottle-shaped container of claim 1 wherein desired shape is a non-cylindrical shape.
3. The bottle-shaped container of claim 2 wherein the sleeve is composed of a desiccant plastic.
4. The bottle-shaped container of claim 3 wherein sleeve that is composed of a material suitable as a product contact surface for the product.
5. The bottle-shaped container of claim 3 wherein the compartments in the sleeve is composed of a material that provides for cushioning.
6. The bottle-shaped container of claim 3 wherein the container comprises an integral lid attached by a hinge.
7. The bottle-shaped container of claim 3 wherein the sleeve and the base are injection molded.
8. The bottle-shaped container of claim 2 wherein the sleeve is composed of an oxygen scavenging plastic.
9. The bottle-shaped container of claim 2 wherein the sleeve is composed of an anti-microbial agent in the plastic.
10. The bottle-shaped container of claim 1 wherein at least one compartment in the sleeves is designed so as to function as package compliance.
11. The bottle-shaped container of claim 1 , wherein the undercut formed on the bottom surface of the sleeve is a groove that receives a projection formed in a top surface of the bottom.
12. The bottle-shaped container of claim 11 , wherein the groove and the projection are interlocking.
13. The bottle-shaped container of claim 1 , wherein the entire top surface of the bottom abuts the entire bottom surface of the bottom section of the sleeve.
14. The bottle-shaped container of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a diameter of the opening to a largest length between opposite inside walls of the container is no greater than 0.75.