PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2018

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 06/18 www.petpla.net 56 Seal for keg British Patent No. GB 2532223 A Applicant: Petainer Large Container IP Ltd., London (GB) Application date: 11.11.2014 To protect a plastic keg from damage caused by the effects of vari- ous forces, the proposal is to install this in a protective cover consisting of base, cap and cover. Multi-layer container International Patent No. WO 2017 / 176859 A1 Applicant: Amcor Ltd., Hawthorne (AU) Application date: 5.4.2017 The application describes a multi- layer preform for creating a PET bottle intended for hot filling. The bottle must fulfil certain properties in terms of heat resistance. PET bottle without foaming International Patent No. WO 2017 / 189334 A1 Applicant: Niagara Bottling LLC., Ontario (CA) Application date: 20.4.2017 The upper side / circulating edge of a PET bottle is equipped with two notches, which the applicant suggests will prevent unwanted foaming when the bottle is opened. Bottle in dumbbell shape Utility model DE 202017004295 U1 Applicant: Klaus Kling, Kirchheim (DE) Application date: 16.8.2017 Specially shaped plastic bottle for wide variety of drinks. After removal of the drink, the bottle can be individually filled with products of different densities and used as a dumbbell. Plastic bottle European Patent No. EP 3225562 A1 Applicant: Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd., Tokyo (JP) Application date: 23.2.2017 The outside of a plastic bottle designed for hot filling is smooth and furnished with a defined area for affixing a label. The base absorbs the vacuum forces aris- ing after hot filling preventing a negative change to the bottle shape by distortion. Wrap with handle International Patent No. WO 2016 / 096619 A1 Applicant: Nestec S.A., Vevey (CH) Application date: 10.12.2015 To enable easier car- rying of several bottles in a wrap, a foldable handle construction of cardboard/corrugated cardboard is proposed, which is folded out of the wrap for carrying.