PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2019

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 03/19 www.petpla.net 48 Plastic bottle packing International Patent No. WO 2018/140569 A1 Applicant: Steven Klein, Danville (US) Registration date 25.01.2018 This application proposes sliding a separately manu- factured thin-walled section over a “normal” plastic bottle bottom. This is shaped in such a way that enables the lid of another bottle to be pushed into it. This results in a relatively stable connection and the bottom being protected. Plastic bottle International Patent No. WO 2018/139536 A1 Applicant: The Coca Cola Company., Atlanta (US) Registration date: 25.01.2018 A plastic bottle for aseptic fill- ing of a product. The bottle has uneven ribs, which both absorb vacuum forces and serve as an optical design mechanism. Bottles designed for hot liquids International Patent No. WO 2018/125967 A1 Applicant: Graham Packaging Company LLC., Lancaster (US) Registration date: 28.12.2017 The design and rationale for an asymmetrical plastic bottle are described in this application. The bottle is to be used for hot liquids and combines the handling area with compensatory surfaces. Twisted compensatory surfaces International Patent No. WO 2018/123944 A1 Applicant: Suntory Holdings Ltd., Osaka (JP) Registration date: 25.12.2017 Compensatory surfaces in the plastic bottle wall run diagonally over the circumference of the bottle. Bottom shape International Patent No. WO 2018/123368 A1 Applicant: Suntory Holdings Ltd., Osaka (JP) Registration date: 22.11.2017 A plastic bottle with a screw top and a special design of the base’s shape, or the joins from the side wall to its base. Illuminated bottle International Patent No. WO 2018/122333 A1 Applicant: Société Anonyme des Eaux Minérales D’Evian et en Abrégé, Evian-les-Bains (FR) Registration date: 28.12.2017 A bottle that is transparent/coloured in places can be displayed as a “work of art” using a smartphone and a pic- ture of the bottle taken with individual lighting. To this end, the bottle is placed on the smartphone’s “light module”.