Round and Four Sided Container
A container having side vacuum panels that can have a substantially planar surface. The front and rear panels are rounded and can be used in order to accommodate. Only the side panels flex in order to accommodate the hot-fill process. The panels accommodate the placement of labels or provision of embossment.
1 . A hot tillable container comprising:
a threaded neck portion for accommodating a lid;
a rounded shoulder portion for accommodating existing fill lines;
a body portion comprising four panels, wherein at least two of the four panels are rounded surfaces and the rounded surfaces are adapted to be labeled; and
a rounded bottom portion for accommodating existing fill lines.
2 . The container of claim 1 , wherein the at least two of the four panels are not the same width.
3 . The container of claim 1 , wherein the at least two of the four panels are flex panels.
4 . The container of claim 1 , wherein the at least two of the four panels do not have ribs.
5 . The container of claim 1 , wherein each of the four panels are rounded surfaces.
6 . The container of claim 5 , wherein two of the fours panels have a decreased curvature with respect to the other two panels.
7 . The container of claim 6 , wherein the two of the four panels having increased curvature are used for labeling.
8 . The container of claim 1 , wherein the rounded bottom portion further comprises a step portion.
9 . The container of claim 1 , wherein at least two of the four panels are non-parallel with respect to each other.
10 . A method for providing a hot-fillable container comprising:
forming a container, wherein the container comprises;
a threaded neck portion for accommodating a lid;
a rounded shoulder portion for accommodating existing fill lines;
a body portion comprising four panels, wherein at least two of the four panels are rounded surfaces and the rounded surfaces are adapted to be labeled;
and a rounded bottom portion for accommodating existing fill lines; and
hot-filling the container.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least two of the four panels are not the same width.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least two of the four panels are flex panels.
13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least two of the four panels do not have ribs.
14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein each of the four panels are rounded surfaces.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein two of the fours panels have a decreased curvature with respect to the other two panels.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the two of the four panels having increased curvature are used for labeling.
17 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the rounded bottom portion further comprises a step portion.
18 . The method of claim 10 , wherein at least two of the four panels are non-parallel with respect to each other.