PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2013

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de 44 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 05/13 www.petpla.net Bottle with bottom section as in champagne bottle Europ. Grant of Patent No. EP 2125533 B1 Applicant: SA des Eaux Minerals D’Evian Saerne, Evians-les-Bains (FR) Date of Application: 10.12.2007 Grant of European patent in respect of the shape of and the process for the manufacture of a plastic bottle where the bottom section is reminiscent of the dome- like shape of a champagne bottle. Tamper-evident band Intern. Patent No. WO 2012 / 136417 A1 Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (D) Date of Application: 29.2.2012 The international applica- tion describes a screw clo- sure complete with tamper- evident band where the band is modified in such a way as to enable it to read- ily ”absorb“ any forces that may be released when it is placed on a container ori- fice for the first time. Any potential damage at the point when it is placed in position is avoided. Modified container Europ. Grant of Patent No. EP 2117937 B1 Applicant: The Coca Cola Comp., Atlanta (US) Date of Application: 17.1.2008 The problem of how to accommo- date large-volume bottles (1.5l and more) in the refrigerator safely and making the most of space is solved by this bottle, the shape of which has been modified so that it can be accommodated horizontally on a shelf in a refrigerator. Plastic bottle FR - Patent No. FR 2954287 A1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR) Date of Application : 17.12.2009 Application for a plastic bottle with zones shaped to ensure improved grip and zones for absorbing excess pressure due to carbon- ated contents. Irregular plastic bottle Intern. Patent No. WO 2012 / 131198 A1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR) Date of Application: 3.1.2012 Plastic bottle made from PET, on which the peripheral reinforcement grooves and compensation fields run irregularly so as to ensure optimum absorption of any forces that may be released. Plastic bottle Europ. Grant of Patent No. EP 2331412 B1 Applicant: Colgate Palmolive Comp., New York (US) Date of Application: 12.7.2010 Several sections of a plastic bottle made from PET are moulded in such a way as to maximise the bottle’s abil- ity to counteract the forces that act on it during manufacture, filling, trans- port and storage without sustaining damage.