CN114206736A

CN114206736A - Object to be held by a user comprising a housing and a bottle

Info

Publication number: CN114206736A
Application number: CN202080056278.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 珍-巴普蒂斯特·谭彻特; 伊曼纽尔·莱斯特卢
Original assignee: Societe des Eaux Minerales dEvian SA SAEME
Current assignee: Societe des Eaux Minerales dEvian SA SAEME
Priority date: 2019-10-03
Filing date: 2020-10-05
Publication date: 2022-03-18
Also published as: JP2022551384A; US20220402642A1; BR112022004744A2; CN114401897A; FR3101617B1; MX2022003913A; EP4037983A1; MX2022001763A; BR112022002124A2; WO2021064246A1; EP4037985A1; JP2023502839A; FR3101617A1; US20220324614A1; WO2021064245A1

Abstract

An object (30) to be held by a user, comprising: -an external structure configured to be gripped by a user, -a thin-walled closed bottle (20) made of plastic comprising a body and a neck (21) defining an internal volume, characterized in that: -the external structure is a housing (10) in contact with at least a portion of the body of the bottle (20), -and the housing (10) comprises an upper neck (11) forming an opening U or C and configured to be elastically interlocked on at least a portion of the neck (21) of the bottle (20).

Description

Object to be held by a user comprising a housing and a bottle

The present invention relates generally to the field of liquid food containers, and more particularly to an object comprising an outer shell and a thin-walled bottle (generally made of plastic) containing a liquid food product, such as non-carbonated mineral water. The present invention thus relates to an object that can be easily handled by a consumer.

Containers for liquid food products, in particular thin-walled bottles made of plastic, are known in the prior art for transporting and delivering mineral water to consumers who wish to drink quality water, maintaining flavor and quality. Such plastic containers or bottles are disclosed in documents WO201012956a1, WO201093602a2, EP1873067a1 or WO2014101957a 1.

In return, the production of these plastic bottles has an environmental impact and a recycling department must be provided to minimize this impact.

Furthermore, it may be interesting (economically or ecologically) to minimize the thickness of these bottles, but it is necessary to provide bottles that remain easy to handle and do not deform or deform too much when the consumer holds it (typically with a force of 20 newtons). This aspect is particularly important for small capacity bottles (less than 2L, preferably less than 1.5L or even 1L) as they are intended to accompany the movements of the consumer and the risk of deformation (which could lead to spillage if the consumer squeezes the bottle strongly) must be minimal. Documents US20040124192a1, FR1114750A or DE29915618U1 describe bottles connected to an external structure. However, no document gives a practical and low-cost solution to provide the user with an object that is easy to use and handle, especially in the coupling or uncoupling stage.

Finally, document DE202005003527U1 discloses a device for at least partially reinforcing the operating area of a thin-walled container, comprising a separate body made of rigid material, which comprises a fixed portion and is able to slide on the thin-walled container. Document USD357387S discloses a bottle handle. Document US7909202B1 discloses a bottle holder.

An object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art documents mentioned above, and in particular to propose, firstly, an object for the user to hold, comprising an external structure and a bottle, which is easy and practical to manufacture, use, and in particular for operations reserved for the user (coupling, closing/opening the bottle, disconnecting).

To this end, a first aspect of the invention relates to an object to be held by a user, comprising:

-an outer structure arranged to be gripped by a user,

-a thin-walled closed bottle made of plastic comprising a body and a neck defining an internal volume,

the method is characterized in that:

-the outer structure is a shell in contact with at least a portion of the body of the bottle,

-and the outer shell comprises an upper neck forming an opening U or C and is arranged to be resiliently interlocked over at least a portion of the neck of the bottle.

The object according to the above embodiment is easy to handle thanks to the elastic interlocking of the neck of the bottle on the outer envelope. This resilient interlocking is also known as a snap fit. However, the shell has a U-shaped or C-shaped open upper neck, that is to say it forms a split clip that can be easily opened to insert or remove the neck of the bottle, which ensures that the user applies moderate force. However, the rigid housing provides reliable and robust maintenance of the bottle, which provides an easy to handle and set (couple and decouple) object.

Advantageously, the outer shell comprises a side wall and a shoulder arranged between the neck and the side wall, and the shoulder comprises a passage opening for providing a passage for the neck of the bottle, said passage opening leading to a U-shaped or C-shaped opening of the upper neck of the outer shell. The passage opening allows insertion and presentation of the neck of the bottle at the level of the opening of the upper neck of the housing, which provides for convenient mounting.

Advantageously, the channel size of the channel opening is larger than the channel size of the U or C of the upper neck of the housing.

Advantageously:

the passage dimension of the passage opening of the housing is strictly greater than the dimension of the neck of a bottle comprising, for example, a flange, and/or

The channel size of the U or C of the neck on the casing is strictly smaller than the neck of a bottle comprising a flange, for example. Mounting the neck of the bottle in the passage opening does not require any special or careful precautions, and then tilting or pushing the neck of the bottle into the open upper neck of the housing is sufficient to achieve a resilient interlocking and coupling.

Advantageously, the housing comprises an introduction opening arranged in the side wall and arranged to allow a user to introduce the bottle into the housing. The introduction opening is usually located opposite the passage opening so that the bottle can simply pass through it and its neck can be positioned in the passage opening, the rest of the bottle passing easily through the introduction opening.

Advantageously, the neck of the bottle comprises a flange.

Advantageously, the neck of the bottle comprises a projection, preferably arranged below the flange, to engage the U-shaped or C-shaped opening of the upper neck of the housing. Such a protrusion provides a rotational stop for opening and closing the bottle, especially if the bottle is equipped with a screw cap. However, other types of closure are possible, such as lids with a resilient interlock or hinged lid. Such a protrusion also provides angular indexing, which allows, for example, to ensure that the inscription on the bottle will face the opening in the housing.

In other words, the bottle comprises a closure means, such as a screw-in or interlocking top, a cap or a valve. The closure device may also include tamper-evident means, such as a tamper-evident finish connected to the top by a bridge to be broken during first use. It may also be a cap that seals onto the neck so that it can be permanently removed during the first use. Where appropriate, the closure means may comprise reversible means allowing the bottle to be re-closed after a first use. This is the case, for example, with screw-in and screw-out tops. It should be mentioned that the filled bottles are preferably closed by a screw-in or interlocking top and provided with a tamper-evident finish, the bridges of which are not damaged.

According to one embodiment, the top is arranged to be able to remain attached to the neck of the bottle after opening. For example, the top may comprise at least one strip of material and/or a hinge-like connection between the tamper-evident strip and the body of the lid or a part of the body of the lid.

Advantageously, the bottle comprises a drinking liquid, preferably water, preferably non-carbonated water, filling at least 80% of the internal volume of the bottle.

Advantageously:

the opening of the U or C of the upper neck of the housing has a first angular dimension with respect to the axial direction of the object,

the protrusion has a second angular dimension relative to the axial direction of the object, which is smaller than the first angular dimension. The presence of the protrusion does not interfere with the opening of the upper neck of the housing and does not compromise the resilient interlock.

Advantageously, the bottle has a concave bottom, for example hemispherical, and the housing has a bottom defining at least one planar support portion for placing said object in a vertical position. The flat or flat bottom allows to provide a stable vertical support, despite the thin-walled bottle itself, and therefore soft by definition and with its bottom hemispherical, not able to be placed and held vertically on the work plane.

Advantageously, the shell has an outer diameter and the bottom of the shell comprises at least one plane crown (i.e. comprised in one plane), or supporting portions distributed along the plane crown (i.e. comprised in one plane), the diameter of the plane crown being greater than or equal to 50% of the outer diameter. Such a crown, which may also be called a planar ring, that is to say contained in a plane, provides a stable support.

Advantageously, the housing comprises at least one gripping handle, for example forming a handle. Two handles may be provided for ease of operation.

Advantageously, the bottle has a body, preferably cylindrical, the thickness of which comprises:

-in the range of 30 μm to 150 μm,

and for example in the range from 30 μm to 50 μm or from 50 μm to 70 μm or from 70 μm to 100 μm, or from 100 μm to 125 μm or from 125 μm to 150 μm,

-and preferably in the range from 100 μm to 125 μm. Bottles with such a thickness do not have sufficient rigidity to withstand a clamping or gripping force of, for example, 20 newton, and the locking in the (rigid) housing allows to limit or avoid these deformations. In other words, the bottle is naturally soft and deformable, especially when it is operated by the user.

Advantageously, the thickness of the bottom of the bottle is equal to ± 20% of the thickness of the body of the bottle, except for the central part of the bottom, whose diameter comprises:

less than or equal to 50% of the diameter of the cylindrical portion of the body,

preferably less than or equal to 35% of the diameter of the cylindrical portion of the body,

more preferably less than or equal to 20% of the diameter of the cylindrical portion of the body.

Advantageously, the neck of the bottle comprises a peripheral projection, such as a flange, on or below which the upper neck of the housing resiliently interlocks.

Advantageously, the neck and/or the peripheral projection of the bottle, for example the flange of the bottle, have a thickness greater than 150 μm, preferably greater than 200 μm, more preferably greater than 250 μm.

Advantageously, the bottle and/or the housing may have at least one cylindrical portion. By "wall or cylindrical portion" is meant a housing or bottle portion having sides with parallel straight lines as generatrices and following a base curve (defined by the intersection of the sides with a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the bottle) which is a closed curve. The closed base curve may have a circular (circular), elliptical (elliptical or any oval) or square or rectangular shape, with rounded corners where appropriate.

Such a portion of the cylindrical portion may improve grip, limit flexibility and/or limit the risk of leakage when the bottle is opened.

Advantageously, the bottle is formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

Advantageously, the bottle has an internal volume:

-less than or equal to 2L,

preferably less than or equal to 1.5L,

-more preferably less than or equal to 1L,

-even more preferably less than or equal to 0.8L.

Advantageously, the upper neck of the housing has an upper edge which forms more than 180 ° with respect to the axial direction of the object. In other words, more than half of the circumference of the neck of the bottle is received and retained by the neck over the opening of the housing, which provides an effective grip.

Advantageously, the upper edge is comprised in a plane.

Advantageously, the housing is formed by:

a polymeric material, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or Polyamide (PA), or Polycarbonate (PC), Polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and optionally containing a filler material, such as fibers or mineral particles, or

Metals such as aluminum.

Advantageously, the shell has the following thicknesses:

at least more than twice the thickness of the bottle body, or

-at least more than 200 μm. The housing is therefore more rigid than the bottle.

Advantageously, during the operation of coupling the bottle with the housing, the latter is arranged to deform less than the bottle. In other words, the housing is rigid and non-deformable when it is manipulated by the user. Thus, such a rigid housing allows handling thin, soft and deformable bottles, which cannot be handled per se without proving the risk of spilling or falling from the user's hand.

Other features and advantages of the invention will become clearer from reading the following detailed description of an embodiment thereof, given by way of non-limiting example and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 shows a first perspective view of a housing for an object according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows a second perspective view of the housing of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows a third perspective view of the housing of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a bottle coupled with the housing of FIG. 1 to form an object according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 shows a side view of the bottle of FIG. 4;

figure 6 shows a stage of coupling the bottle of figure 4 with the casing of figure 1;

FIG. 7 shows a cross-section of the bottle of FIG. 4 coupled with the housing of FIG. 1;

fig. 8 is a first view of an alternative of the casing of fig. 1 for an object according to the invention;

FIG. 9 shows a second view of the alternative housing of FIG. 8;

fig. 10 shows a second view of the alternative housing of fig. 8 with a sketch of the attached bottle.

Fig. 1 to 3 show the housing 10 seen from different directions. Generally, the housing 10 includes an upper neck 11, a sidewall 15, a bottom 14, and a shoulder 16 disposed between the upper neck 11 and the sidewall 15.

In the example presented, the side wall 15 is cylindrical or substantially cylindrical (that is to say, its outer surface comprises parallel rectilinear generatrices, which follow a base curve, here circular). The bottom 14 has, as such, a lower plate which allows the housing 10 to be placed in a vertical position, as discussed in fig. 7.

Furthermore, the housing 10 comprises a passage opening 12, which is mainly visible in fig. 1 and 3, and an introduction opening 13, which is mainly visible in fig. 2, which are arranged in a shoulder 16.

Finally, the upper neck portion 11 is a C-shaped (or U-shaped) open neck portion, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. The upper neck 11 has a passage dimension D2 according to its maximum inner diameter and a passage dimension D'2 at its opening. As can be seen in fig. 3, the opening of the upper neck 11 (opening of dimension D '2) leads or opens into the passage opening 12, and it can be noted that the passage dimension D1 of the passage opening 12 is greater than the passage dimensions D2 and D'2 of the upper neck 11. Details will be explained in fig. 6 below.

Fig. 4 and 5 show a bottle 20 comprising a neck 21 (or neck), a sidewall 24 and a bottom 25. In the example shown, the neck 21 is threaded to receive a cap 26 (visible in fig. 6), and a flange 22 is provided below the threads, and a protrusion 27 is arranged below the flange 22. The bottle 20 also contains liquid food (e.g., non-carbonated mineral water).

As mentioned above, the neck 21 is threaded to receive the cap 26, but other closure means (caps, hinged caps with resilient interlocking, etc.) are envisaged. Fig. 5 shows the outer dimension D3 of flange 22, which outer dimension D3 is less than the channel dimension D1 of channel opening 12 of enclosure 10, but greater than the channel dimension D2 or D'2 of upper neck 11 of enclosure 10.

Indeed, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the housing 10 and the bottle 20 may be coupled and held together. In particular, the upper neck portion 11 of the housing 10 is arranged to resiliently interlock with the neck portion 21 of the bottle 20. In the example shown, the upper neck 11 of the housing 10 has dimensions suitable for elastically interlocking on the bottle 20 below the flange 22.

To this end, as can be seen in fig. 1 and 3, the upper neck 11 of the casing 10 is formed over 180 ° (for example 270 °, at ± 45 °) so as to be able to remove, receive and hold the neck 21 of the bottle 20, in particular by means of the retaining flange 22.

To couple bottle 20 with housing 10, as shown in fig. 6, the user simply introduces bottle 20 through introduction opening 13 of housing 10, screws neck 21 covered with cap 26 of bottle 20 into passage opening 12 of housing 10 (since outer dimension D3 of flange 22 (and cap 26) is smaller than passage dimension D1 of passage opening 12), and then tilts bottle 20 to complete screwing bottom 25 into housing 10, and in particular, elastically interlocks neck 21 of bottle 20 into upper neck 11 of housing 10 (since passage dimensions D'2 and D2 of upper neck 11 are smaller than dimensions of neck 21 and outer dimension D3 of flange 22).

In particular, the upper neck 11 of the casing has a cylindrical edge of a few millimetres, the bottle 20 comprises a flange 20, and a cylindrical neck portion arranged between the flange 22 and a shoulder of the bottle 20, the cylindrical edge of the upper neck 11 pressing against the cylindrical neck portion of the bottle 20 while axially abutting the flange 22, this providing the assembly of the casing 10 and the bottle 20.

To release the bottle 20 from the housing 10, it is only necessary to apply a transverse, lateral or tilting force on the cap 26 to "release" the neck 21 of the bottle 20 from the upper neck 11 of the housing 10. An orifice may also be arranged in the lower part of the housing 10 opposite the introduction opening 13 to allow the user to push the bottle laterally out of the housing 10 with a finger.

Once coupled, the housing 10 and bottle 20 form an object 30 that is convenient for a user to manipulate, as shown in fig. 7. The bottom 14 of the housing 10 is flat so that the object 30 has a stable vertical position when placed on a work plane. In addition, a return 16 is provided at the lower portion of the housing 10 to secure the coupling and retention of the bottle 20-housing 10 assembly.

As described above, the cap 26 is screwed onto the bottle 20. To provide a rotational stop for the bottle 20 relative to the housing 10, a projection 27 is provided on the bottle 20 to be received in an opening in the upper neck 11 of the housing 10. Thus, torque applied to the bottle 20 is transmitted to the housing 10 through the protrusion 27. Other embodiments for such indexing are envisaged, such as a neck 21 of a bottle 20 with a non-circular cross-section, serrations at the level of the upper neck 11 engaging with the inverse shape of the flange 22.

Independently of the screwing/unscrewing of the cap 26, it is also possible to print or paste markings on the bottle 20 with the angular indexing provided between the bottle 20 and the housing 10 by means of the projections 27 engaged in the opening of the upper neck 11, so that they are visible after coupling and face the passage opening 12 or the introduction opening 13, or any other opening of the housing 10.

These embodiments allow to propose a reusable shell 10 that is rather rigid or at least not too flexible to be gripped (typically with a force of 20 newton) without significant deformation, and a very thin disposable bottle 20, therefore too soft or too flexible to be gripped (typically with the same force of 20 newton) without deformation. This coupling allows to propose disposable and returnable bottles 20 made with a small amount of material but with correct ergonomics, since the casing 10 is sufficiently rigid and reusable.

A strap or wristband or fabric loop and hook and loop tape (known under the trade mark "Velcro" or "scratch") may also be provided to allow the consumer to transport the object 30 in a variety of activities (sports, hiking, etc.). One or more handles may also be provided on the housing 10.

As an alternative to the housing 10 of fig. 1 to 3, an embodiment of the housing 10A shown in fig. 8 to 10 may be represented, and only the different elements will be described.

The housing 10A comprises in particular two

side edges

17 and 18 connecting the bottom to the shoulders, as can be seen in fig. 8 and 9. In particular, it is noted in fig. 9 that the first side edge 17 is bent or curved outwards, while the second side edge 18 is rather straight or rectilinear.

Such an arrangement allows for the provision of an integral handle once the bottle 20 is coupled to the housing 10A. In practice, as shown in fig. 10, the outline of the bottle 20 is added in dotted lines, the first side edge 17 being distanced from the bottle 20, so that the gripping space between the first side edge 17 and the bottle 20 is provided for the user and forms a handle P. The second side edge 18 conforms to the bottle 20 for its part and provides support against its removal.

Thus, once the bottle 20 is coupled to the housing 10A, a user may easily grasp the object formed thereby by the first side edge 17. This embodiment is a low cost embodiment but provides a reliable coupling between the housing 10A and the bottle 20.

The bottle 20 is formed from a thin-walled thermoplastic material. The material is preferably a polyester, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), polyethylene furan acid (PEF) or polypropylene furan acid ester (PTF). It is preferably formed by an injection blow molding process, such as an injection stretch blow molding process. In these processes, a solid preform is made by injecting the material into a mould and then by cooling, then heating the preform to soften it, optionally stretching longitudinally using a rod, and then stretching into the shape of a bottle in the axial and longitudinal directions by blow moulding in a mould.

These polyester materials and methods are known to those skilled in the art. Their combination allows to obtain thin and light walls with good mechanical resistance and good sealing or other barrier properties. These properties are due to the orientation of the macromolecular chains at least partially inducing crystallization. In addition to saving material, these polyesters also have the advantage of being easily recyclable. The recovery, classification and regeneration departments are organized. Recycling can be mechanical recycling involving melting and shaping, such as granulation prior to a new plastic processing operation, such as injection blow molding, or chemical recycling involving depolymerization, recovery of monomers or precursors, followed by new polymerization.

In addition to good practicality, the implementation and use of the thin-walled bottles of the invention therefore also present very advantageous environmental records, in particular in connection with the implementation of non-activatable and thicker conventional PET bottles.

The thin wall is preferably such that the thickness of the body of the bottle is in the range 30 μm to 150 μm, for example in the range 30 μm to 50 μm or 50 μm to 70 μm or 70 μm to 100 μm, or 100 μm to 125 μm or 125 μm to 150 μm, preferably in the range 100 μm to 125 μm. The mentioned thickness is the thickness at least one point of the body, preferably the average thickness over a portion representing the length of the body or at least 50%, preferably at least 80%, of the surface of the body, preferably the average thickness over the whole body. The base may be slightly thicker than the body, for example up to 50% thicker than the body, for example up to 20% thicker. The bottom may also have a cup-shaped portion substantially corresponding to the preform bottom and at its injection point.

For a target bottle volume, the thickness can be adjusted by adjusting the characteristics of the preform, in particular its shape and wall thickness, and the stretch characteristics. It should be mentioned that the thickness of the preform wall, the geometry of the preform, such as its length, its diameter and its bottom shape, together with the neck, which can form a bottle neck, determine the weight. The unfilled, unsealed bottles and/or preforms generally have the same weight. Thus, the given weight refers to the bottle weight or preform weight. For 75cl bottles, 8 to 13g of preform can be advantageously achieved. The total stretch ratio may be, for example, between 12.0 and 27.0, preferably between 15.0 and 20.0. The axial stretch ratio, typically the ratio between the height of the bottle and the length of the stretchable portion of the preform (typically the distance under the neck), may be comprised between 3.0 and 4.5, for example. The radial stretch ratio (typically the ratio between the diameter of the bottle and the diameter of the stretchable portion of the preform) may be, for example, between 4.0 and 6.0. It should be noted that the total stretch ratio is approximately equal to the product of the axial stretch ratio and the radial stretch ratio.

For example, good results are obtained by the following characteristics:

[ Table 1]

Preform type	Preform having an unstretched neck with a pitch and a flange
		Preform weight (g)	12.8g
Weight of neck	3.68g
		Bottle type	Cylindrical bottle with circular cross section and concave or flat bottom
Diameter of bottle	71.5mm
		Bottle height	238.5mm
Bottle volume	75cl
		Total elongation	17.96
Radial elongation	4.35
		Axial elongation	4.13
Thickness at body level	110μm
		Blow molding preform temperature	100℃
Pressure of blow molding	30 bar

It will be appreciated that various modifications and/or improvements obvious to a person skilled in the art may be made to the different embodiments of the invention described in the present description without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An object (30) to be held by a user, comprising:

-an outer structure to be held by a user,

-a thin-walled closed bottle (20) made of plastic, said bottle comprising a body and a neck (21) defining an internal volume, characterized in that:

-the external structure is a housing (10) in contact with at least a portion of the body of the bottle (20),

-and the housing (10) comprises an upper neck (11) forming an opening U or C and arranged to be elastically interlocked on at least a portion of the neck (21) of the bottle (20).

2. Object (30) according to claim 1, wherein the housing (10) comprises a side wall (15) and a shoulder (16) arranged between the upper neck (11) and the side wall (15), wherein the shoulder (16) comprises a passage opening (12) arranged to provide passage for a neck (21) of a bottle (20), and wherein the passage opening (12) opens into a U-shaped or C-shaped opening of the upper neck (11) of the housing (10).

3. An object (30) according to claim 2, wherein the passage opening (12) is arranged to provide a passage for the neck (21) of the bottle (20) with a passage dimension (D1) larger than a passage dimension (D2, D'2) of the U or C of an upper neck (11) of the housing (10) arranged to elastically interlock on at least a part of the neck (21) of the bottle (20).

4. The object (30) according to claim 3, wherein:

-the passage dimension (D1) of the passage opening (12) of the housing (10) arranged to provide passage for the neck (21) of the bottle (20) is strictly greater than the dimension (D3) of the neck (21) of the bottle (20), and/or

-the channel dimension (D2, D'2) of the U or C of the upper neck (11) of the housing (10) arranged to elastically interlock on at least a portion of the neck (21) of the bottle (20) is strictly smaller than the dimension (D3) of the neck (21) of the bottle (20).

5. An object (30) according to any of claims 2 to 4, wherein the housing (10) comprises an introduction opening (13) arranged in the side wall (15) and arranged to allow a user to introduce the bottle (20) into the housing (10).

6. The object (30) according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the neck (21) of the bottle (20) comprises a flange (22).

7. The object (30) according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the neck (21) of the bottle (20) comprises a projection (27) engaged in a U or C opening of the upper neck (11) of the housing (10), preferably below a flange (22) of the neck (21) of the bottle (20).

8. The object (30) according to claim 7, wherein:

-the U or C opening of the upper neck (11) of the casing (10) has a first angular dimension with respect to the axial direction of the object (30),

-said protrusion (27) having a second angular dimension, with respect to the axial direction of the object (30), smaller than the first angular dimension.

9. Object (30) according to any one of claims 1 to 8, in which the bottle (20) has, seen from the outside, a concave bottom (25), for example hemispherical, and in which the casing (10) has a bottom (14) defining at least one planar supporting portion for placing the object (30) in a vertical position.

10. Object (30) according to claim 9, wherein the shell (10) has an outer diameter and wherein the bottom (14) of the shell (10) comprises at least one planar crown, or supporting portions distributed along a planar crown, the diameter of which is greater than or equal to 50% of the outer diameter.

11. An object (30) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the housing (10) comprises at least one gripping handle, forming for example a handle.

12. The object (30) according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the bottle (20) has a body, preferably cylindrical, the thickness of which comprises:

-in the range of 30 μm to 150 μm,

-and preferably in the range of 100 μm to 125 μm.

13. The object (30) according to claim 12, wherein the bottle (20) has a bottom (25) with a thickness equal to ± 20% of the thickness of the body of the bottle (20), except for a central portion of the bottom (25), and a diameter comprising:

-less than or equal to 50% of the diameter of the cylindrical portion of the body,

-more preferably less than or equal to 20% of the diameter of the cylindrical portion of the body.

14. Object (30) according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the neck (21) and/or the flange (22) of the bottle (20) has a thickness greater than 150 μ ι η, preferably greater than 200 μ ι η, more preferably greater than 250 μ ι η.

15. The object (30) according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the bottle (20) is formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

16. The object (30) according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the bottle (20) has an internal volume:

-less than or equal to 2L,

preferably less than or equal to 1.5L,

more preferably less than or equal to 1L,

-even more preferably less than or equal to 0.8L.

17. An object (30) according to any of claims 1-16, wherein the upper neck (11) of the housing (10) has an upper edge, and wherein the upper edge forms more than 180 ° with respect to the axial direction of the object (30).

18. The object (30) according to claim 17, wherein the upper edge is comprised in a plane.

19. The object (30) according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein the housing (10) is formed from:

a polymeric material and optionally a filler material, such as fibres or mineral particles, or

Metals such as aluminum.

20. The object (30) according to any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein the housing (10) has a thickness of:

-at least more than twice the thickness of the body of the bottle (20), or

-at least more than 200 μm.