EP4037985A1

EP4037985A1 - Object to be held by a user, comprising a shell and a bottle

Info

Publication number: EP4037985A1
Application number: EP20786523.9A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Tanchette; Emmanuel LESTERLOU
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: 2022-08-10
Also published as: JP2022551384A; US20220402642A1; BR112022004744A2; CN114401897A; FR3101617B1; CN114206736A; MX2022003913A; EP4037983A1; MX2022001763A; BR112022002124A2; WO2021064246A1; JP2023502839A; FR3101617A1; US20220324614A1; WO2021064245A1

Abstract

Object (30) to be held by a user, comprising: - an external structure configured to be held by the user; - a closed bottle (20) which is made of plastic with thin walls and which comprises a body that defines an internal volume and a neck (21), characterised: - in that the external structure is a shell (10) in contact with at least a portion of the body of the bottle (20), - and in that the shell (10) comprises an upper neck (11) which forms an open U or C and which is configured to be resiliently fitted on at least a portion of the neck (21) of the bottle (20).

Description

Title of the invention: OBJECT TO BE HELD BY A USER, COMPRISING A SHELL AND A BOTTLE [0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of containers for liquid food, and relates in particular to an object which comprises a shell and a bottle (typically plastic) thin-walled which contains a food liquid such as non-carbonated mineral water. The invention therefore relates to an object which can be easily handled by a consumer.

It is known in the prior art containers for liquid food, and in particular thin-walled plastic bottles for transporting and delivering mineral water to a consumer who wishes to consume quality water, with a flavor. and quality preserved. Such plastic containers or bottles are disclosed in documents WO201012956A1, WO201 093602A2, EP1873067A1, or WO2014101957A1.

In return, the production of these plastic bottles can have an environmental impact, and it is also necessary to provide recycling channels to minimize this impact.

[0004] In addition, it may be advantageous (economically or ecologically) to minimize the thicknesses of these bottles, but it is necessary to provide that the bottle remains easy to handle, and does not deform or not too much when a consumer holds it ( typically with a force of 20 newtons). This aspect is particularly important for small capacity bottles (less than 2 L, preferably less than 1.5 L or even 1 L), because the latter are intended to accompany the consumer in his movements, and a risk of deformation (which leads to overflow if the consumer strongly squeezes the bottle) must be minimal. The documents US20040124192A1, FR1114750A or even DE29915618U1 describe bottles coupled to external structures. However, no document provides a practical and inexpensive solution for providing a user an object that is easy to use and handle, in particular during a mating or uncoupling phase.

Finally, the document DE202005003527U1 discloses a device for at least partial stiffening of handling areas of thin-walled containers, comprising a split body of rigid material, comprising a fixing section, and which can be slid on the container wall thin. USD357387S discloses a bottle handle. Document US7909202B1 discloses a bottle holder.

An object of the present invention is to respond to the drawbacks of the documents of the prior art mentioned above and in particular, first of all, to provide an object to be held by a user, comprising an external structure and a bottle, easy and practical to manufacture, to use, in particular for manipulations reserved for the user (coupling, closing / opening of the bottle, uncoupling ...).

[0007] For this, a first aspect of the invention relates to an object to be held by a user, comprising:

- an external structure designed to be held by the user,

- a closed plastic bottle with a thin wall comprising a body defining an internal volume and a neck, characterized:

- in that the external structure is a shell in contact with at least part of the body of the bottle,

- And in that the shell comprises an upper neck forming an open U or C and arranged to fit elastically on at least part of the neck of the bottle.

The object according to the above implementation is easy to handle, thanks to the elastic interlocking of the neck of the bottle on the shell. Such an elastic interlocking is also called clipping (or snap fit in English). However, the shell has an open upper neck in U or C, that is to say that it forms an open clamp easy to open to insert or remove the neck of the bottle, which guarantees a moderate effort to apply for the user. However, the rigid shell reliably and robustly maintains the bottle, which provides an easy object to handle and to set up (coupling and uncoupling).

Advantageously, the shell comprises a side wall and a shoulder arranged between the neck and the side wall, and the shoulder comprises a passage opening arranged to provide a passage to the neck of the bottle, and the passage opening opens out in the opening of the U or C of the upper neck of the shell. The passage opening makes it possible to insert and present the neck of the bottle at the level of the opening of the upper neck of the shell, which provides easy installation.

Advantageously, the passage opening has a passage dimension greater than a passage dimension of the U or C of the upper neck of the shell.

Advantageously:

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

the dimension of passage of the U or C of the upper neck of the shell is strictly less than the dimension of the neck, comprising for example a collar, of the bottle. The positioning of the neck of the bottle in the passage opening does not require any particular or meticulous precaution, and it is then sufficient to tilt or push the neck of the bottle into the open upper neck of the shell to achieve the interlocking elastic and coupling.

Advantageously, the shell comprises an introduction opening arranged in the side wall and arranged to allow a user to introduce the bottle into the shell. The introduction opening is typically located opposite the passage opening, to simply pass the bottle through and position the neck in the passage opening, the rest of the bottle passing easily through the opening. 'introduction. Advantageously, the neck of the bottle comprises a collar.

Advantageously, the neck of the bottle comprises a protuberance arranged, preferably under a collar, to engage in the opening of the U or C of the upper neck of the shell. Such a protuberance provides a useful rotational stop for opening and closing the bottle, particularly if the bottle is fitted with a screw cap. However, other types of closure are possible, such as lids, or articulated plugs with elastic interlocking. Such a protuberance also provides angular indexing, which makes it possible, for example, to guarantee that an inscription on the bottle will fall in front of an opening in the shell.

In other words, the bottle comprises closure means, such as a screw-on or plug-in cap, a cap or a valve. The closure means may further comprise tamper-evident proof means such as a tamper-evident ring linked to the cap by bridges to be broken during a first use. It can also be a cover sealed on the neck, to be removed permanently during the first use. The closure means may, where appropriate, include reversible means making it possible to close the bottle after a first use. This is the case, for example, with screw-on and unscrew caps. It is mentioned that the filled bottle is preferably closed by means of a screw-on or plug-in cap and provided with a tamper-evident ring, the bridges of which are not broken.

[0016] According to one embodiment, the cap is arranged so as to be able to remain attached to the neck of the bottle after opening. The cap may for example comprise a connection, in the form of at least one strip of material and / or a hinge, between a tamper-evident strip and the body of the cap or part of the body of the cap.

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

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

- The protuberance has a second angular dimension relative to the axial direction of the object, less than the first angular dimension. The presence of the protuberance does not disturb the opening of the upper neck of the shell and does not compromise the elastic interlocking.

Advantageously, the bottle has a concave bottom, for example hemispherical, and the shell has a bottom defining at least one flat support for placing the object in a vertical position. The flat or flat bottom makes it possible to provide a stable vertical support, although the bottle alone, with a thin wall, therefore flexible by definition, and whose bottom is hemispherical in shape, cannot be placed and held vertically on a work surface.

Advantageously, the shell has an external diameter, and the bottom of the shell comprises at least one flat crown (that is to say contained in a plane), or supports distributed along a flat crown ( that is to say contained in a plane), the plane crown having a diameter greater than or equal to 50% of the external diameter. Such a crown can also be called a plane ring, that is to say contained in a plane, which provides stable support.

Advantageously, the shell comprises at least one gripping handle, forming for example a handle. Two handles can be provided to facilitate handling.

Advantageously, the bottle has a body, preferably cylindrical, with a thickness included:

- in a range going from 30 pm to 150 pm,

- And for example in a range going from 30 pm to 50 pm or from 50 pm to 70 pm or from 70 pm to 100 pm, or from 100 pm to 125 pm or from 125 pm to 150 pm,

- And preferably in a range going from 100 pm to 125 pm. A bottle with such thicknesses does not have sufficient rigidity to withstand a pinching or gripping force of 20 newtons for example, and the locking in the (rigid) shell makes it possible to limit or avoid these deformations. In other words, the bottle is naturally flexible and deformable, in particular when it is handled by the user. Advantageously, the bottle has a bottom with a thickness equal to ± 20% of the thickness of the body of the bottle, with the exception of a central portion of the bottom included in a diameter:

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

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

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

Advantageously, the neck of the bottle comprises a peripheral protuberance such as a collar on or under which the upper neck of the shell fits elastically.

Advantageously, the neck of the bottle and / or the peripheral protuberance, such as the collar, of the bottle has a thickness greater than 150 miti, preferably greater than 200 miti, and more preferably greater than 250 miti. Advantageously, the bottle and / or the shell can have at least one cylindrical part. By wall or cylindrical part is meant a portion of the shell or bottle which has a lateral surface whose generatrices are parallel straight lines, and which follow a base curve (defined by the intersection of the lateral surface with a plane perpendicular to a axial direction of the bottle) which is a closed curve. This closed base curve can be circular (a circle), oval (an ellipse or any oval), square or rectangular, where appropriate with rounded corners.

Such a section of the cylindrical part can improve the grip, limit flexibility and / or limit the risk of leakage when opening the bottle. Advantageously, the bottle is formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

Advantageously, the bottle has an internal volume:

- less than or equal to 2 L,

- preferably less than or equal to 1.5 L,

- more preferably less than or equal to 1 L,

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

Advantageously, the upper neck of the shell has an upper rim, and the upper rim is formed over more than 180 ° relative to an axial direction of the object. In other words, more than half of the perimeter of the neck of the bottle is received and held by the open top neck of the shell, which provides an effective hold.

Advantageously, the upper rim is included in a plane.

Advantageously, the shell is formed:

- made of polymeric material such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or polyamide (PA), or polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and optionally comprises a filler material such as fibers or mineral particles, or

- in a metal such as aluminum.

Advantageously, the shell has a thickness:

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

- at least greater than 200 pm. the shell is therefore more rigid than the bottle.

Advantageously, during an operation of coupling the bottle with the shell, the shell is arranged to deform less than the bottle. In other words, the shell is rigid, and not deformable when it is handled by the user. Consequently, such a rigid shell makes it possible to handle a thin, flexible and deformable bottle, which could not be handled on its own without a proven risk of overflowing or falling from the user's hands. Other characteristics and advantages of the present invention will emerge more clearly on reading the following detailed description of an embodiment of the invention given by way of non-limiting example and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, wherein :

[Fig 1] shows a first perspective view of a shell for an object according to the present invention;

[Fig 2] shows a second perspective view of the hull of Figure 1;

[Fig 3] shows a third perspective view of the hull of Figure 1;

[Fig 4] shows a perspective view of a bottle to be coupled with the shell of Figure 1 to form an object according to the present invention;

[Fig 5] shows the bottle of Figure 4 side view;

[Fig 6] shows a phase of coupling the bottle of Figure 4 with the shell of Figure 1;

[Fig 7] shows a section of the bottle of Figure 4 coupled with the shell of Figure 1;

[Fig 8] shows a first view of an alternative of the shell of Figure 1 for an object according to the present invention;

[Fig 9] shows a second view of the alternative hull of Figure 8; [Fig 10] shows a second view of the alternative shell of Fig. 8, with a sketch of a mated cylinder.

Figures 1 to 3 show a shell 10 seen from different directions. In general, the shell 10 comprises an upper neck 11, a side wall 15, a bottom 14 and a shoulder 16 arranged between the upper neck 11 and the side wall 15.

In the example shown, the side wall 15 is cylindrical or substantially cylindrical (that is to say that its outer surface comprises parallel straight generatrices which follow a base curve, here a circle). The bottom 14 has a lower plate, which allows to put the shell 10 in a vertical position, as will be discussed in Figure 7.

Furthermore, the shell 10 comprises a passage opening 12 mainly visible in Figures 1 and 3, arranged in the shoulder 16, and an introduction opening 13, mainly visible in Figure 2.

Finally, the upper neck 11 is an open neck in the form of a C (or U), as shown in Figures 1 and 3. The upper neck 11 has a passage dimension D2 according to its largest internal diameter, and a passage dimension D'2 at its opening. As can be seen in FIG. 3, the opening of the upper neck 11 (of dimension D'2) gives 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. The details will be explained in Figure 6 below.

Figures 4 and 5 show a bottle 20 which comprises a neck 21 (or neck), a side wall 24 and a bottom 25. In the example shown, the neck 21 is threaded to receive a cap 26 (visible figure 6), and a collar 22 is provided under the thread, and a protuberance 27 is arranged under the collar 22. The bottle 20 also contains a liquid food (non-carbonated mineral water for example).

As explained above, the neck 21 is threaded to receive a stopper 26, but one can consider other closure means (a cover, an articulated stopper with elastic interlocking, etc.). FIG. 5 represents an external dimension D3 of the flange 22, and this external dimension D3 is less than the passage dimension D1 of the passage opening 12 of the shell 10, but greater than the passage dimension D2 or D'2 of the upper neck 11 of the shell 10.

Indeed, and as shown in Figures 6 and 7, it is expected that the shell 10 and the bottle 20 can mate and be held together. In particular, the upper neck 11 of the shell 10 is designed to fit elastically with the neck 21 of the bottle 20. In the example shown, the upper neck 11 of the shell 10 has dimensions adapted to fit elastically on the bottle 20, under the collar 22.

For this purpose, and as visible in Figures 1 and 3, the upper neck 11 of the shell 10 is formed over more than 180 ° (for example 270 °, at ± 45 °) so as to be able to move away , receive and retain the neck 21 of the bottle 20, in particular by retaining the collar 22.

To couple the bottle 20 with the shell 10, and as shown in Figure 6, it suffices for the user to introduce the bottle 20 through the introduction opening 13 of the shell 10, to thread the neck 21 capped with the stopper 26 of the bottle 20 in the passage opening 12 of the shell 10 (because the external dimension D3 of the collar 22 (and of the stopper 26) is less than the passage dimension D1 of the opening of passage 12) and then tilting the bottle 20 to finish threading the bottom 25 into the shell 10, and above all elastically fitting the neck 21 of the bottle 20 into the upper neck 11 of the shell 10 (because the dimension of passage D'2 and D2 of the upper neck 11 is less than the dimension of the neck 21 and the external dimension D3 of the collar 22).

In detail, the upper neck 11 of the shell has a cylindrical rim of a few millimeters, the bottle 20 comprises the collar 20, and a cylindrical neck portion arranged between the collar 22 and the shoulder of the bottle 20, and the cylindrical rim of the upper neck 11 clamps the cylindrical neck portion of the bottle 20, while coming into axial abutment with the flange 22, which provides an assembly of the shell 10 and the bottle 20.

To release the bottle 20 from the shell 10, it suffices to apply a transverse, lateral or transverse force on the stopper 26 to "unclip" the neck 21 of the bottle 20 from the upper neck 11 of the shell 10 It is also possible to provide an orifice in the lower part of the shell 10, opposite the introduction opening 13, to allow the user to push the bottle laterally out of the shell 10, with a finger. He

As shown in Figure 7, once coupled, the shell 10 and the bottle 20 form an object 30 easy to handle for a user. The bottom 14 of the shell 10 is flat, so that the object 30 holds a stable vertical position when it is placed on a work surface. In addition, a return 16 is provided on the lower part of the shell 10 to secure the coupling and the holding of the bottle 20 - shell 10 assembly.

As already mentioned above, the cap 26 is screwed on the bottle 20. To provide a stop in rotation of the bottle 20 relative to the shell 10, a protuberance 27 is provided on the bottle 20 to come to be housed in the opening of the upper neck 11 of the shell 10. Thus, a torque applied to the bottle 20 is transmitted to the shell 10 via the protuberance 27. It is possible to envisage other implementations for such indexing, as by example a neck 21 of the bottle 20 with a non-circular section, crenellations at the level of the upper neck 11 which engage in counter-shapes of the collar 22 ...

Without connection with the screwing / unscrewing of the cap 26, it is also possible to take advantage of the angular indexing between bottle 20 and shell 10 provided by the protuberance 27 engaged in the opening of the upper neck 11, to print or affix markings on the bottle 20, so that they are visible after coupling, and fall opposite the passage opening 12 or the introduction opening 13, or any other opening of the shell 10 .

These implementations make it possible to provide a reusable shell 10 that is fairly rigid or at least not too flexible to be held (typically with a force of 20 newtons) without significantly deforming, and to provide a very thin disposable bottle 20, and therefore too soft or too flexible to be held (typically with the same force of 20 newtons) without deforming. This coupling makes it possible to provide a disposable and recyclable bottle 20 made with little material and yet with correct ergonomics, since the shell 10 is sufficiently rigid and reusable. One can also provide a strap, or a wrist strap, or attachment bands by hooks and textile loops (known under the brand "Velcro", or called "scratch") to allow the consumer to transport the object 30 in various activities (sport, hiking ...). It is also possible to provide one or more handles on the shell 10.

Alternatively to the shell 10 of Figures 1 to 3, one can provide an implementation of shell 10A shown in Figures 8 to 10, and only the separate elements will be described.

The shell 10A comprises in particular two side edges 17 and 18 connecting the bottom to the shoulder, as seen in Figures 8 and 9. In particular, it can be noted in Figure 9 that the first side edge 17 is curved or curved towards the outside, and the second lateral edge 18 is rather straight or rectilinear.

Such an arrangement makes it possible to provide an integrated handle once the bottle 20 is coupled to the shell 10A. Indeed, as seen in Figure 10 with a silhouette of the bottle 20 added in phantom, the first side edge 17 is distant from the bottle 20, so that a gripping space between the first side edge 17 and the bottle 20 is offered to the user, and forms a handle P. The second lateral edge 18 for its part follows the bottle 20 and provides a support which prevents it from coming apart.

Thus, once the bottle 20 is coupled to the shell 10A, the user can easily grasp the object thus formed, via the first lateral edge 17. Such an implementation is economical and however offers a reliable coupling between the shell 10A and cylinder 20.

The bottle 20 is formed from a thermoplastic material with thin walls. The material is preferably a polyester such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), poly-trimethylene terephthalate (PTT), polyethylene furanoate (PEF) or poly-trimethylene furanoate (PTF). It is preferably shaped by an injection blow molding process (“Injection Blow Molding” in English), for example an injection stretch blow molding process (“Injection Stretch Blow Molding”). In these processes a solid preform is manufactured by injecting the material into a mold and then cooling, the preform is then heated in order to soften, optionally stretched longitudinally using a rod, then stretched axially and longitudinally by blowing in a mold in the form of the bottle.

These polyester materials and methods are known to those skilled in the art. Their combination makes it possible to obtain thin, 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 have the advantage of being easily recyclable. The recovery, sorting and regeneration channels are organized. Regeneration can be mechanical recycling involving melting and shaping, for example into granules before new plastics processing operations such as injection blowing or chemical recycling involving depolymerization, recovery of monomers or precursors, then a new polymerization.

The implementation and use of the thin-walled bottles of the invention therefore has a very advantageous environmental balance, in addition to good practicality, in particular by contribution to the implementation of conventional PET bottles non-activatable, thicker.

The thin wall is preferably such that the body of the bottle has a thickness within a range of 30 µm to 150 µm, for example in a range of 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, preferably in a range of 100 µm to 125 µm. The thickness mentioned is the thickness at at least one point of the body, preferably the average thickness over a portion representing at least 50% in length or area of the body, preferably at least 80%, preferably the thickness average over the whole body. The bottom of the bottle can have a thickness slightly greater than that of the body, for example a thickness of up to 50% more than that of the body, for example up to 20% more. The bottom may also have a cup, typically corresponding to the bottom of the preform and to its injection point.

[0060] The thickness can be adjusted by adapting, for a target bottle volume, the characteristics of the preform, in particular its shape and the thickness of its walls, as well as the drawing characteristics. It is mentioned that the thickness of the preform walls, the geometry of the preform such as its length, its diameter and its bottom shape, together with the neck which may form a bottle neck, determine the weight. The bottle, unfilled, not closed, and / or the preform generally have the same weight. Subsequently, the weights given refer to either the bottle weight or the preform weight. For a 75 cl bottle, it is advantageously possible to use preforms of 8 to 13 g. The overall stretch ratio may for example be between 12.0 and 27.0, preferably between 15.0 and 20.0. The axial stretch rate (typically the ratio between the height of the bottle and the length of the stretchable part of the preform, typically the distance under the neck) can for example be between 3.0 and 4.5. The radial stretch rate (typically ratio between the diameter of the bottle and the diameter of the stretchable part of the preform) can for example be between 4.0 and 6.0. It is stated that the overall stretch rate is generally equal to the product of the axial stretch rate and the radial stretch rate.

Good results are for example obtained with the characteristics below:

[Table 1]

It will be understood that various modifications and / or improvements obvious to those skilled in the art can be made to the various embodiments of the invention described in the present description without departing from the scope of the invention defined by the appended claims.

Claims

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

- an external structure designed to be held by the user,

- a closed plastic bottle (20) with a thin wall comprising a body defining an internal volume and a neck (21), characterized:

- in that the external structure is a shell (10) in contact with at least part of the body of the bottle (20),

- And in that the shell (10) comprises an upper neck (11) forming an open U or C and arranged to fit elastically on at least part of the neck (21) of the bottle (20).

[Claim 2.] An article (30) according to claim 1, wherein the shell (10) comprises a side wall (15) and a shoulder (16) arranged between the upper neck (11) and the side wall (15), in which the shoulder (16) comprises a passage opening (12) arranged to provide a passage for the neck (21) of the bottle (20), and in which the passage opening (12) opens into the opening of the U or C of the upper neck (11) of the shell (10).

[Claim 3.] An article (30) according to claim 2, wherein the passage opening (12), arranged to provide a passage to the neck (21) of the bottle (20), has a passage dimension (D1). greater than a passage dimension (D2, D'2) of the U or C of the upper neck (11) of the shell (10) arranged to fit elastically on at least part of the neck (21) of the bottle ( 20).

[Claim 4.] An article (30) according to claim 3, wherein:

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

- the passage dimension (D2, D'2) of the U or C of the upper neck (11) of the shell (10) arranged to fit elastically on at least part of the neck (21) of the bottle (20) ), is strictly less than the dimension (D3) of the neck (21) of the bottle (20).

[Claim 5.] Article (30) according to one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the shell (10) comprises an introduction opening (13) arranged in the side wall (15) and arranged to allow a user insert the bottle (20) into the shell (10).

[Claim 6.] Article (30) according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the neck (21) of the bottle (20) comprises a collar (22).

[Claim 7.] Object (30) according to one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the neck (21) of the bottle (20) comprises a protuberance (27) engaged in the opening of the U or C of the neck. upper (11) of the shell (10), preferably under a collar (22) of the neck (21) of the bottle (20).

[Claim 8.] An article (30) according to claim 7, wherein:

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

- The protuberance (27) has a second angular dimension relative to the axial direction of the object (30), less than the first angular dimension.

[Claim 9.] Object (30) according to one of claims 1 to 8, in which the bottle (20), seen from the outside, has a concave bottom (25), for example hemispherical, and in which the shell (10) has a bottom (14) defining at least one flat support for placing the object (30) in a vertical position. [Claim 10.] An article (30) according to claim 9, in which the shell (10) has an external diameter, and in which the bottom (14) of the shell (10) comprises at least one flat crown, or supports distributed along a flat crown, the flat crown having a diameter greater than or equal to 50% of the external diameter.

[Claim 11.] Object (30) according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the shell (10) comprises at least one gripping handle, forming for example a handle.

[Claim 12.] Object (30) according to one of claims 1 to 11, in which the bottle (20) has a body, preferably cylindrical, with a thickness of:

- in a range going from 30 pm to 150 pm,

- and for example in a range ranging from 30 pm to 50 pm or from 50 pm to 70 pm or from 70 pm to 100 pm, or from 100 pm to 125 pm or from 125 pm to 150 pm, - and preferably in a range from 100 µm to 125 µm.

[Claim 13.] An article (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) at the same time. '' except for a central portion of the base (25) included in a diameter: - less than or equal to 50% of the diameter of the cylindrical part of the body,

- more preferably less than or equal to 20% of the diameter of the cylindrical part of the body [Claim 14.] Object (30) according to one of claims 1 to 13, in which the neck (21) and / or the collar (22 ) of the bottle (20) has a thickness greater than 150 μm, preferably greater than 200 μm, and more preferably greater than 250 μm.

[Claim 15.] An article (30) according to one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the bottle (20) is formed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). [Claim 16.] Object (30) according to one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the bottle (20) has an internal volume:

- less than or equal to 2 L,

- preferably less than or equal to 1.5 L, - more preferably less than or equal to 1 L,

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

[Claim 17.] Article (30) according to one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the upper neck (11) of the shell (10) has an upper rim, and wherein the upper rim is formed over more than 180 ° relative to an axial direction of the object (30).

[Claim 18.] An article (30) according to claim 17, wherein the upper rim is included in a plane.

[Claim 19.] Object (30) according to one of claims 1 to 18, in which the shell (10) is formed: - of polymer material and optionally comprises a filler material such as fibers or mineral particles, or

- in a metal such as aluminum.

[Claim 20.] Object (30) according to one of claims 1 to 19, wherein the shell (10) has a thickness: - at least greater than twice the thickness of the body of the bottle (20), or

- at least greater than 200 pm.