PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2017

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 06/17 www.petpla.net 48 Bottle with separate handle Europ. Patent No. EP 3056445 A1 Applicant: Nissei ASB Machine Co. Ltd., Nagano (JP) Application date: 7.10.2014 To improve handling, a separately formed handle is attached in the lateral indentation on a large-volume plastic bottle (more than 10 litres). Bottle container with handle Europ. Patent issue No. EP 2471719 B1 Applicant: Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd., Tokio (JP) Application date: 20.8.2007 A plastic bottle with sidewall indentation for applying and fixing a separately formed handle is issued with a European patent. Base form Europ. Patent No. EP 3059175 A1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR) Application date: 13.1.2016 To make the base form of a plastic bottle sufficiently stable with the least pos- sible use of material, this application proposes spe- cial, cross-running grooves / indentations. Plastic bottle FR - Patent No. 3012115 A1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR) Application date: 23.10.2013 Plastic bottle equipped with com- pensation areas can change its basic shape (rectangular - square). Reduced wall strength Internal Patent No. WO 2016 / 152456 A1 Applicant: Toyo Seikan Co. Ltd., Tokio (JP) Application date: 4.3.2016 Preform for manufac- turing a plastic bottle. The preform is for the area that later becomes the base of the bottle; it is designed to have thinner walls here without impairing stability or impeding manufactur- ing. Sturdy plastic bottle Europ. Patent No. EP 3072825 A1 Applicant: The Coca Cola Comp., Atlanta (US) Application date: 21.11.2014 The shoulder area of a plastic bottle features several circular features that can compress when several bottles are stacked but this can be reversed when in their original position without damage to the bottle.