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US 12,246,878 · App. 18/413,925 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Plastic container with varying depth ribs

Inventors: Andrew Dimitri Peykoff (Newport Coast, CA); Jay Clarke Hanan (Glendora, CA)
Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLC
B65D1/44B65D1/0223B65D23/00B65D2501/0018B65D2501/0036
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Patent No.
US 12,246,878
App. No.
18/413,925
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bottle may have varying depth ribs to achieve a balance of strength and rigidity while maintaining hoop strength. The varying depth ribs may smoothly transition around the circumference of the bottle from a flattened and/or shallow depth rib portion to a deep rib portion. A collection of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs act as recessed columns in the body of the bottle to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The deep rib portions provide hoop strength and make the bottle body more rigid and/or stiffer when gripped by a user. A balance may be achieved between of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs and deep ribs to attain a desired resistance to bending, leaning, and/or stretching while maintaining stiffness in a lightweight bottle.

Claims (32)

1. A container sidewall positioned between a container base and a container bell, the sidewall comprising:

a label portion that defines a label portion perimeter about an axis and a grip portion that defines a grip portion perimeter about the axis; and

a plurality of angulating and varying depth ribs positioned in the grip portion, wherein each angulating and varying depth rib comprises a plurality of shallow sections and a plurality of deep sections,

wherein the shallow sections of the plurality of shallow sections have a rib depth less than a rib depth of each deep section of the plurality of deep sections, and

wherein shallow sections of at least three angulating and varying depth ribs of the plurality of angulating and varying depth ribs align in a direction parallel to the axis and form a recessed column.

2. The container sidewall of claim 1 , wherein the shallow sections of the at least three angulating and varying depth ribs of the plurality of angulating and varying depth ribs are adjacent shallow sections in a direction parallel to the axis.

3. The container sidewall of claim 1 , wherein the deep sections of the plurality of deep sections each have a trapezoidal shape.

4. The container sidewall of claim 1 , wherein the shallow sections of the plurality of shallow sections each have a triangular shape.

5. The container sidewall of claim 1 , wherein shallow sections of at least three angulating and varying depth ribs of the plurality of angulating and varying depth ribs align in a direction parallel to the axis and form three circumferentially spaced recessed columns.

6. The container sidewall of claim 1 , wherein each deep section of the plurality of deep sections is at least partially defined by a land and a root wall, and wherein the rib depth of each deep section measured from the land to the root wall is between 1 and 10 millimeters.

7. The container sidewall of claim 6 , wherein the rib depth of each deep section measured from the land to the root wall is between 2 and 5 millimeters.

8. The container sidewall of claim 6 , wherein the length of the root wall of each deep section is from 0.5 to 3 millimeters.

9. The container sidewall of claim 8 , wherein a ratio of the rib depth of each deep section to the length of the root wall of each deep section is from 1:3 to 20:1.

10. The container sidewall of claim 1 , wherein each shallow section of the plurality of shallow sections is at least partially defined by a land and an inner radius, and wherein the rib depth of each shallow section measured from the land to the inner radius is between 0 and 2.5 millimeters.

11. The container sidewall of claim 10 , wherein the rib depth of each shallow section measured from the land to the inner radius is between 0.2 and 2 millimeters.

12. The container sidewall of claim 10 , wherein the radius of the inner radius is from 0.1 to 0.3 millimeters.

13. The container sidewall of claim 1 , further including a plurality of constant depth ribs positioned in the label portion.

14. The container sidewall of claim 1 , further including a plurality of variable depth ribs positioned in the label portion.

15. The container sidewall of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of variable depths ribs is a plurality of angulating and variable depth ribs.

16. The container sidewall of claim 1 , further including a constant depth rib to one axial side of the plurality of angulating and varying depth ribs.

17. A container sidewall positioned between a container base and a container bell, the sidewall comprising:

a label portion that defines a label portion perimeter about an axis and a grip portion that defines a grip portion perimeter about the axis; and

a plurality of angulating and varying depth ribs positioned in the grip portion, wherein each angulating and varying depth rib comprises a plurality of shallow sections and a plurality of deep sections,

wherein each deep section of the plurality of deep sections is at least partially defined by a first land and a root wall, and wherein the rib depth of each deep section measured from the first land to the root wall is between 2 and 5 millimeters,

wherein each shallow section of the plurality of shallow sections is at least partially defined by a second land and an inner radius, and wherein the rib depth of each shallow section measured from the second land to the inner radius is between 0 and 1 millimeters, and

wherein shallow sections of at least three angulating and varying depth ribs of the plurality of angulating and varying depth ribs align in a direction parallel to the axis and form a recessed column.

18. The container sidewall of claim 17 , wherein the rib depth of each shallow section measured from the second land to the inner radius is between 0.2 and 1 millimeters.

19. A container sidewall positioned between a container base and a container bell, the sidewall comprising:

a first portion that defines a first portion perimeter about an axis and a second portion that defines a second portion perimeter about the axis; and

a plurality of angulating and varying depth ribs positioned in the second portion, wherein each angulating and varying depth rib comprises a plurality of shallow sections and a plurality of deep sections,

wherein the shallow sections of the plurality of shallow sections have a rib depth less than a rib depth of each deep section of the plurality of deep sections, and

wherein shallow sections of at least three angulating and varying depth ribs of the plurality of angulating and varying depth ribs align in a direction parallel to the axis and form a recessed column.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2024
From: HANAN, JAY CLARKE; PEYKOFF, ANDREW DIMITRI
To: NIAGARA BOTTLING, LLC
Reel/Frame 066171/0362 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17204319 · Mar 17, 2021
Continuation 16182915 · Nov 7, 2018
Continuation 14012841 · Aug 28, 2013
Continuation 13705040 · Dec 4, 2012
Provisional Application 61567086 · Dec 5, 2011
Related Publication 20240246714A1 · Jul 25, 2024
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