PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2018

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 05/18 www.petpla.net 72 Plastic container European Patent issue No. EP 2653400 B1 Applicant: Suntory Holdings Ltd., Osaka (JP) Application date: 14.12.2011 A reduced-weight plastic container made from PET is furnished with special shapes so it remains sufciently stable even in case of impact or a “strong” longitudinal application of force. Plastic bottle European Patent issue No. EP 2962947 B1 Applicant: Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd., Tokyo (JP) Application date: 17.12.2013 Hot llable plastic bottle made from PET with circulating brace ridges and a base shape that can elastically absorb the vacuum forces arising from cooling after hot lling. Preform with handle International Patent No. WO 2017 / 173477 A1 Applicant: Integrated Plastics PTY Ltd., Villawood (AU) Application date: 4.4.2017 The international application describes a preform with integrated handle for manufacturing a blown bottle. The procedure for manufacturing a bottle from this preform and the related aid for positioning in a machine are described. Folding container International Patent No. WO 2016 / 065486 A1 Applicant: First Element Packaging Inc., Calgary (CA) Application date: 30.10.2015 Folding plastic container designed as “disposable barrel” for beer. The container is equipped top and bottom with inserts for a frame to improve the stability and/or the folding and compression behaviour of the container. Plastic bottle surface European Patent No. EP 3216710 A1 Applicant: Suntory Holdings Ltd., Osaka (JP) Application date: 29.10.2015 A lightweight PET bottle has a special surface structure in the grip area to avoid any collapse of the bottle when gripping, locating, lifting or pouring. Improved opening procedure International Patent No. WO 2016 / 077517 A3 Applicant: Niagara Bottling LLC., Ontario (CA) Application date: 12.11.2015 PET bottle for carbonated drinks. Bottle and seal are perfectly suited to one another so any foaming or unwanted escape of the product is avoided when it is opened.