EP2144819A1 - Easy grip bottle - Google Patents
Easy grip bottleInfo
- Publication number
- EP2144819A1 EP2144819A1 EP08769399A EP08769399A EP2144819A1 EP 2144819 A1 EP2144819 A1 EP 2144819A1 EP 08769399 A EP08769399 A EP 08769399A EP 08769399 A EP08769399 A EP 08769399A EP 2144819 A1 EP2144819 A1 EP 2144819A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- bottle
- grooves
- inches
- inches wide
- finger
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
- B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
- B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
- B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
- B65D1/0261—Bottom construction
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
- B65D1/40—Details of walls
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
- B65D23/10—Handles
Definitions
- This invention relates to containers.
- the invention relates to bottles that are easy to open.
- One type of container is a bottle having exterior helical threads around the opening.
- a closure for the bottle is a cap that has threads that cooperate with the threads around the bottle opening. The cap thus is twisted onto the bottle to seal it, and is twisted in the opposite direction to remove the cap and open the bottle.
- a first embodiment is directed to a bottle that is easy to open.
- a second embodiment is directed to a round bottle having finger grooves.
- a third embodiment is directed to a round bottle having deep finger grooves in lower side walls of the bottle.
- Figure 1 illustrates a side view of an embodiment of a bottle.
- Figure 2 shows a top view of the embodiment of Figure 1.
- Figure 3 shows a bottom view of the embodiment of Figure 1.
- the invention is directed to a bottle that is easy to open.
- a round bottle has finger grooves in the side wall of the bottle.
- a round bottle has deep finger grooves in lower side walls.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of this embodiment.
- Bottle 1 has an opening 2 at the distal end of neck 3 and a closed end 5 at the opposite end of bottle 1.
- Helical threads 4 are on the outside of neck 3.
- Finger grooves 6 are formed at the closed end 5 of the bottle.
- Finger grooves 6 are smoothly formed to accommodate a finger and have dimensions that afford the opportunity to place the finger sufficiently deeply into the groove to afford the opportunity to exert a firm grip and to provide additional twisting force with the sides of the fingers placed in the grooves.
- the grooves are oriented essentially vertically on side wall 7 of the bottle and extend upwardly from bottom 5. Often, the grooves wrap around the bottom edge of the bottle and extend somewhat into or across bottom 5. Often, the grooves are between about 0.15 to about 0.5 inches wide at the bottle surface, and are between about 0.1 to about 0.4 inches deep. Often, the grooves extend around bottom 5 of bottle 1, and typically extend up the lower sides of bottle, as shown in Fig. 1. The grooves are smoothly formed to make gripping more secure and to make exertion of force significantly easier.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a top view of the embodiment illustrated in Figure 1.
- Bottle 1 has opening 2 at the distal end of neck 3 and helical threads 4 around the outside of the neck. Finger grooves 5 are clearly visible on this figure.
- Fig. 3 illustrates a bottom view of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1.
- Finger grooves 6 are illustrated in this bottom view of the embodiment of bottle 1 of Fig. 1. As can be seen, finger grooves 6 extend somewhat across bottom 5 of bottle 1.
- the grooves of the embodiments of this invention are designed, including shape and size, to accommodate the user's fingers and to enable the sides of the fingers to provide resistance to turning of the bottle.
- these deep finger grooves are fundamentally different from other bottles such as bottles for soft drinks or water.
- Such bottles have a similar geometry to that shown in the drawing figures.
- soft drink and water bottles have indentations and bulges for different purposes. Thus, the indentations and bulges on such bottles are not designed to make opening easier.
- the number of finger grooves often is related to the size of the container.
- the bottle illustrated in Fig. 1 has 6 finger grooves.
- Six finger grooves can easily be accommodated on a bottle having a diameter between about 2 and about 2.5 inches.
- the skilled practitioner can arrange and properly size the finger grooves.
- Bottles can be formed of any material from which bottles are known to be made. Finger grooves in accordance with embodiments of the invention can be incorporated into bottles made of plastic, whether blown, moulded, cast, or otherwise formed, metal, or glass.
- a bottle was blow moulded from plastic.
- the bottle had a diameter of 2.125 inches and a total height of about 2.75 inches.
- the opening had a diameter of about 1.375 inches.
- the bottle has helical threads on the outside of the neck of the bottle.
- the radius of curvature between the vertical side wall and the bottom was 0.5 inch.
Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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US91740207P | 2007-05-11 | 2007-05-11 | |
PCT/US2008/063242 WO2008141178A1 (en) | 2007-05-11 | 2008-05-09 | Easy grip bottle |
Publications (2)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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EP2144819A1 true EP2144819A1 (en) | 2010-01-20 |
EP2144819A4 EP2144819A4 (en) | 2010-04-21 |
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP08769399A Withdrawn EP2144819A4 (en) | 2007-05-11 | 2008-05-09 | Easy grip bottle |
Country Status (8)
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US (1) | US20080308522A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP2144819A4 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2010526737A (en) |
KR (1) | KR20100017099A (en) |
CN (1) | CN101743169A (en) |
AU (1) | AU2008251469A1 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2699191A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2008141178A1 (en) |
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USD635458S1 (en) | 2009-07-01 | 2011-04-05 | Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc | Container |
USD614034S1 (en) | 2009-07-01 | 2010-04-20 | Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc | Container dome |
WO2011027134A1 (en) * | 2009-09-07 | 2011-03-10 | Daniel Sutherland | Improved bottle |
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US6264053B1 (en) * | 1999-05-27 | 2001-07-24 | Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Blow molded bottle having ribbed hand grips |
US6763969B1 (en) * | 1999-05-11 | 2004-07-20 | Graham Packaging Company, L.P. | Blow molded bottle with unframed flex panels |
WO2005100180A1 (en) * | 2004-03-27 | 2005-10-27 | Engelhard Corporation | Container |
DE202005019327U1 (en) * | 2005-12-08 | 2007-04-19 | Krones Ag | Plastic container, especially a bottle for carbonated beverages, comprises grooves of variable depth in a body region between a neck region and a base region |
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- 2008-05-09 CA CA2699191A patent/CA2699191A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2008-05-09 EP EP08769399A patent/EP2144819A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2008-05-09 JP JP2010507694A patent/JP2010526737A/en active Pending
- 2008-05-09 KR KR1020097023561A patent/KR20100017099A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2008-05-09 WO PCT/US2008/063242 patent/WO2008141178A1/en active Application Filing
- 2008-05-09 CN CN200880015582A patent/CN101743169A/en active Pending
- 2008-05-09 US US12/118,223 patent/US20080308522A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2008-05-09 AU AU2008251469A patent/AU2008251469A1/en not_active Abandoned
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DE2062684A1 (en) * | 1970-12-19 | 1972-07-06 | Schmidt, Max, 8800 Ansbach | Bottle or the like. Containers of plastic, in particular for holding beverages |
US6763969B1 (en) * | 1999-05-11 | 2004-07-20 | Graham Packaging Company, L.P. | Blow molded bottle with unframed flex panels |
US6264053B1 (en) * | 1999-05-27 | 2001-07-24 | Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Blow molded bottle having ribbed hand grips |
WO2005100180A1 (en) * | 2004-03-27 | 2005-10-27 | Engelhard Corporation | Container |
DE202005019327U1 (en) * | 2005-12-08 | 2007-04-19 | Krones Ag | Plastic container, especially a bottle for carbonated beverages, comprises grooves of variable depth in a body region between a neck region and a base region |
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CA2699191A1 (en) | 2008-11-20 |
JP2010526737A (en) | 2010-08-05 |
WO2008141178A1 (en) | 2008-11-20 |
CN101743169A (en) | 2010-06-16 |
KR20100017099A (en) | 2010-02-16 |
EP2144819A4 (en) | 2010-04-21 |
US20080308522A1 (en) | 2008-12-18 |
AU2008251469A1 (en) | 2008-11-20 |
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