PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2017

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 04/17 www.petpla.net 72 Bottle bases Intern. Patent no. WO 2016 / 100483 A1 Applicant: The Coca-Cola Comp., Atlanta (US) Application date: 16.12.2015 Various shapes for the base of a PET bottle containing a carbonated content are described. The shape has a major influence on non-break- ability and the use of material this therefore requires. Aerosol cans made from plastic US - Patent no. US 2015 / 0001256 A1 Applicant: Oxygon Technologies, St. Thomas (CA) Application date: 26.6.2014 A plastic bottle under pressure is “coated” or surrounded on the base and upper side with adapters to protect the bottle, as protection against bursting, for improved handling and for optical reasons with separate additions. The parts are joined and fixed with a sleeve label. Coloured code surface Intern. Patent no. WO 2016 / 110546 A1 Applicant: Sicpa Holding S.A., Prilly (CH) Application date: 7.1.2016 The application proposes a re-usable, large-volume water bottle which is fitted with a coded label, coloured in this area in order to improve legibility. Bottles whose label is not “legible” can no longer be filled in some countries. Large actuator button Intern. Patent no. WO 2015 / 017306 A1 Applicant: MSD Consumer Care Inc., Memphis (US) Application date: 28.7.2014 The application describes the con- struction of a sufficiently large actuator button for an aerosol product filled into a pressurised PET bottle. Compensation surfaces for PET bottles Europ. Patent no. EP 3028951 A1 Applicant: Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd., Tokyo (JP) Application date: 10.7.2014 A PET bottle has many part areas with elastic formable surfaces. The bottle is made narrower in the gripping area in order to make gripping easier and to improve the bottle’s aesthetic. This will also make it more difficult to overturn the bottle accidentally. Easily removable guarantee band Europ. Patent no. EP 3037362 A1 Applicant: Nishiaki Kousakusho Co. Ltd., Yokohama-shi Kanagawa (JP) Application date: 31.1.2014 Removing the separate guar- antee band from a bottle during recycling or re-use is a problem with closing devices with a guarantee. This describes a bottle neck which makes this work easier.