PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2011

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de 40 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 05/11 www.petpla.net Reinforced bottle feet International Patent No. WO 2011 / 007734 A1 Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd., Tokio (JP) Application Date: 9.7.2010 The individual “feet“ of a plastic bottle are provided with grooves so as to increase the stabil- ity of the feet and at the same time resistance to deformation / damage. Container label International Patent No. WO 2010 / 063919 A1 Applicant: Eos, Dizy (FR) Date of Application: 24.11.2009 An international patent application has been filed in respect of a label which is easy to make and to attach. This label is optimised for haptic characteristics including adhesion and display characteristics such as 3D brand logos and colouring. Bottle handling International Patent No. WO 2010 / 080731 A1 Applicant: Graham Packaging Comp., York (US) Date of Application: 4.1.2010 Specified in this patent is a bottle / bottle characteristics which simplify the packaging, despatch and movement of hot fill/ plastic bottles “formed under vacuum”. For this special “unalterable” contact points are established between the bottles. Sleeved preform US - Patent Nr. US 2008 / 0241447 A1 Applicant: Colgate Palmolive Comp., New York (US) Application Date : 4.4.2008 The preform for creating a container is encased in a type of sleeve aimed at the production of a special optical effect (colour gradient) during manufacture of the final container. The product can then undergo further pigmenting in order to enhance this effect. Compensating area for hot filling International Patent No. WO 2011 / 011183 A1 Applicant: Graham Packaging Comp., York (US) Application Date: 2.7.2010 In order to be able to compensate for the changes in volume that occur during hot filling and subsequent cooling without any “unattractive“ deformation, flexible deformation surfaces are integrated. In this application the surfaces are so designed as to ensure that any possible percentage change in volume has been amended. PET containers as preserving cans International Patent No. WO 2011 / 011182 A1 Applicant: Graham Packaging Comp., York (US) Application Date: 2.7.2010 PET container designed as an alternative to the traditional preserving can made from sheet metal. It also meets the requirements in terms of hot bottling, heating, pasteurisation and options for closure in relation to this type of packaging.