PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2018

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 09/18 www.petpla.net 48 Foldable base Europ. Patent No. EP 3257768 A1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR) Application date: 17.6.2016 The base of a plastic bottle is designed in such a way that after hot filling, sealing and cooling, a mechanical force pushes from within to regulate the internal pressure in the bottle and/or counterbalances the vacuum arising during cooling. Base shaping Intern. Patent No. WO 2018 / 005816 A1 Applicant: Amcor Ltd., Hawthorn (US) Application date: 29.6.2017 Plastic container with a base shape that takes on a previously defined defor- mation to reduce the volume after hot filling and cooling, without changing the visible outer shape of the bottle. Distorted bottle surfaces Intern. Patent No. WO 2018 / 008494 A1 Applicant: Toyo Seikan Co. Ltd., Tokyo (JP) Application date: 28.6.2017 A plastic bottle is shaped for stability and manufactured so that it looks like a series of quadratic pieces stacked on top of one another each at 45°. PET container with two openings Disclosure No. DE 102016008290 A1 Applicant: Sven Kopelke, Heidesee (DE) Application date: 1.7.2016 Container made from PET to hold liquid or viscose sub- stances. To simplify removal from the container, it is pro- posed to provide both sides – top and bottom – with a stable base and resealable dispenser. It makes no difference which way up the container is; the product is always ready to dis- pense. Base shaping Europ. Patent issue No. EP 3013703 B1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville-Sur-Mer (FR) Application date: 22.4.2014 The shaping of a PET bottle and especially its base formation and/or shaping of the base surface and adjacent surfaces is issued a European patent. Plastic bottle Disclosure No. DE 102015003514 A1 Applicant: KHS Corpoplast GmbH, Hamburg (DE) Application date: 20.3.2015 Lightweight plastic bottle with specially shaped base and outer wall. Despite its “lightness”, the bottle is sufficiently stable and flexible so can counterbalance any forces caused by a vacuum.