PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2013

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de 40 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 03/13 www.petpla.net Plastic bottle Intern. Patent No. WO 2011 / 027049 A1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville-Sur-Mer (FR) Application Date: 31.8.2010 Design and process for manufacturing a weight-reduced bottle from PET are described. The bottle is equipped with compensating surfaces for hot filling. Container with lottery number Europ. Grant of Patent No.EP 2104631 B1 Applicant: Julien Truesdale, Christchurch (NZ) Application Date: 19.12.2007 An additional chamber is incorporated in a bottle which can be compressed following removal of the product for volume Hot fill Europ. Grant of Patent No.EP 1858763 B1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville Sur Mer (FR) Application Date: 14.3.2006 A plastic bottle made from PET is fitted with special compensating surfaces and reinforc- ing grooves so as to enable the deforma- tion forces that emerge during hot filling and subsequent cooling to be absorbed / coun- terbalanced without any plastic deformation occurring. reduction purposes. This chamber contains an addi- tional item / lottery number. This can only be removed once the bottle has been compressed. Irregular base shape Intern. Patent No. WO 2011 / 014935 A1 Applicant: Resilux, Wetteren (BE) Application Date: 5.8.2010 In order to distinguish it from the mass of bottles of identical appearance, a pro- posal has been made to design a special / irregular form for the base section – e.g. in the shape of a mountain or similar. The process for manufacturing a bottle of this nature is described. Drink container Intern. Patent No. WO 2012 / 095191 A1 Applicant: SA des Eaux Minerales D’Evian Saeme, Evian-les-bains (FR) Application Date: 12.7.2011 Tamper-proof closure for a water bottle. The closure is fitted with a drinking aid / pouring spout to ensure that there is no risk of spillage when drinking direct from the bottle. Variable volume Europ. Patent No. EP 2471717 A1 Applicant: Rodolfo Enrique Munoz, Fuengirola, (ES) Application Date: 10.6.2010 A variable design strategy is used for different sections of a plastic bottle made from PET. In this way the bottle volume can be adapted to suit the requirements. When it comes to disposal the bottle can be compressed so as to reduce its volume.