PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2015

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de 56 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 11/15 www.petpla.net Squeezable container Intern. Patent No. WO 2015 / 032962 A1 Applicant: SIPA, Vittorio Veneto (IT) Date of Application: 9.9.2014 Container made from PET with reinforc- ing grooves for stabilising the bottle, as well as pressure compensation surfaces to absorb the vacuum forces that arise during hot filling and subsequent cooling opera- tions. In addition, the bottle can still be used as a squeeze bottle. Additional use as a construction element Intern. Patent No. WO 2015 / 056183 A1 Applicant: Marcos Alejandro Ortiz Figueroa, Santiago (CL) Date of Application: 14.10.2014 A plastic bottle made from PET designed with a side wall that enables a number of bottles to be stacked together to form a kind of wall. The base and top are moulded to form a plug-in system. Using mortar or appropriate panelling the bottles can be made into components of a wall with insulating characteristics. Reduction in residue Europ. Grant of Patent No. EP 2583904 B1 Applicant: Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd., Tokyo (JP) Date of Application: 27.1.2010 In order to reduce the residue in a container and to avoid the use of a riser pipe with an elbow or a sharp bend, the Grant of Patent proposes folding the base of a container on the inside and thus creating a kind of “collecting tray” for the product. Plastic bottle Disclosure No. DE 102013110139 A1 Applicant: Krones AG, Neutraubling (DE) Date of Application: 13.9.2013 The disclosure relates to a plastic bottle for carbonated drinks. The bottles, and more specifically the shape of the base, are adapted for use in sub-tropical countries with high outdoor temperatures. Bottle Europ. Grant of Patent No. EP 2740681 B1 Applicant: Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd., Tokyo (JP) Date of Application: 11.8.2009 A plastic bottle made from PET that incorporates an indentation across the area where the label is affixed, which compensates for any pressure differentials that may arise by means of an axial distortion of the bottle ie. it becoming enlarged, without the bottle becoming distorted in an indeterminate way. Stable plastic bottle 2 Intern. Patent No. WO 2013 / 164171 A1 Applicant: Nestec S.A., Vevey (CH) Date of Application: 11.4.2013 The international application describes the design of a waisted, visually appealing plastic bottle which can be readily grasped and held by the customer in the area of the waist without collapsing.