Heat set container with label boundary panel

1. A container comprising:

a finish;

a sidewall portion having a label boundary panel and a vacuum panel, said label boundary panel being generally resistant to deflection in response to a vacuum force and defining a surface for receiving a pressure sensitive spot label, said vacuum panel including a concave surface having a vertex at a midpoint of a length of the vacuum panel when viewed from a side such that the concave surface curves inward to the vertex both above and below the midpoint, and the vacuum panel being convex when viewed in cross-section such that said vacuum panel is deflectable in response to said vacuum force;

a vertical column disposed between said label boundary panel and said vacuum panel;

a pair of chamfer surfaces each extending on opposing ends of said vertical column, each of said pair of chamfer surfaces providing a transition surface between at least a portion of said label boundary panel, said vacuum panel, and said vertical column;

a shoulder portion extending between said finish and said sidewall portion;

a base portion extending from said sidewall portion and enclosing said sidewall portion to form a volume therein for retaining a commodity; and

one or more inwardly-directed ribs extending along said label boundary panel and bound thereby, said inwardly-directed rib generally aiding said label boundary panel to resist said vacuum force;

wherein a cross-sectional radius of said vacuum panel is at least four times greater than a cross-sectional radius of said label boundary panel.

2. The container according to claim 1 wherein said label boundary panel is generally flat when viewed from a first direction and generally convex when viewed from a second direction, said second direction being orthogonal to said first direction.

3. The container according to claim 1 wherein said label boundary panel is flat when viewed from a side and convex when viewed in cross-section.

4. The container according to claim 1 wherein an arc length of said label boundary panel is greater than an arc length of said vacuum panel.

5. The container according to claim 1 wherein said vertical column defines a radius between said label boundary panel and said vacuum panel.

6. The container according to claim 1 wherein said one or more inwardly-directed ribs includes a pair of inwardly-directed surfaces converging at an inner radius.

7. A container comprising:

a finish;

a sidewall portion being generally square shaped, said sidewall portion having a pair of label boundary panels and a pair of vacuum panels being circumferentially disposed in an alternating arrangement relative to each other, each of said label boundary panels being generally resistant to deflection in response to a vacuum force and defining a surface for receiving a pressure sensitive spot label, each of said vacuum panels including a concave surface having a vertex at a midpoint of a length of the vacuum panels when viewed from a side such that the concave surfaces curve inward to the vertex both above and below the midpoint, and the vacuum panels being convex when viewed in cross-section such that each of said vacuum panels is deflectable in response to said vacuum force so as to accommodate generally all of said vacuum force;

a vertical column disposed between each of said label boundary panels and each of said vacuum panels;

a pair of chamfer surfaces each extending on opposing ends of said vertical column, each of said pair of chamfer surfaces providing a transition surface between at least a portion of said label boundary panel, said vacuum panel, and said vertical column;

a shoulder portion extending between said finish and said sidewall portion; and

a base portion extending from said sidewall portion and enclosing said sidewall portion to form a volume therein for retaining a commodity;

wherein a cross-sectional radius of each of said vacuum panels is at least four times greater than a cross-sectional radius of each of said label boundary panels.

8. The container according to claim 7 , further comprising:

one or more inwardly-directed ribs extending horizontally along each of said label boundary panels and bound thereby, said inwardly-directed rib generally aiding each of said label boundary panels to resist said vacuum force.

9. The container according to claim 7 wherein each of said label boundary panels is generally flat when viewed from a first direction and generally convex when viewed from a second direction, said second direction being orthogonal to said first direction.

10. The container according to claim 7 wherein each of said label boundary panels is flat when viewed from a side and convex when viewed in cross-section.

11. The container according to claim 7 wherein an arc length of each of said label boundary panels is greater than an arc length of each of said vacuum panels.

12. The container according to claim 7 , wherein said vertical column defines a radius between each of said label boundary panels and each of said vacuum panels.