PETpla.net Insider 08 / 2017

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 08/17 www.petpla.net 72 Mixed container Internal Patent No. WO2016 / 201054 A1 Applicant: Replenish Bottling LLC., Los Angeles (US) Application date: 9.6.2016 Multi-part bottle for screwing a concentrate container into the base. By pressing on this into the upper part, a concentrate shell is filled within the container. The container is then filled in the upright position with water and the product is ready to drink. The concentrate container holds sufficient product for three refills. Light plastic bottle US - Patent No. US 2014 / 0183202 A1 Applicant: Niagara Bottling LLC., Ontario (CA) Application date: 26.12.2013 Different features and configurations are described to make a PET bottle lighter, while maintaining or improving stability. Plastic bottle Europ. Patent No. EP 3088317 A1 Applicant: Suntory Holdings Ltd., Osaka (JP) Application date: 24.12.2014 A light and/or reduced-weight bottle is equipped in the “mid” section with circulating groves to prevent “collapse” when gripped by the consumer. A bottle shaped like this has a high degree of stability when several bottles are stacked on top of one another. Plastic container Europ. Patent issue No. EP 2781461 B1 Applicant: Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd., Tokio (JP) Application date: 4.9.2012 Elastically deform- able areas are neces- sary to be able to offset pressure differences arising in a container. The awarding of a Euro- pean patent describes a special base structure that performs this task appropriately. Plastic aerosol container Europ. Patent No. EP 3095731 A1 Applicant: Resilux N.V., Wetteren (BE) Application date: 5.12.2012 The application describes the composi- tion of a pressurised plastic canister, which is designed as an aerosol can and consists of an outer and inner container. Elastic base Internal Patent No. WO 2016 / 207213 A1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR) Application date: 22.6.2016 The base of a plastic bottle must be elastic in structure so as to be able to absorb pressure differences arising from hot filling and cooling, without the external shape of the bottle being visibly changed.