PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2019

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 06/19 www.petpla.net 72 Plastic bottle with three feet Disclosure No. DE 102017006510 A1 Applicant: Michael Baumann, Ingersheim (DE) Application date: 10.7.2017 Application is made for the design and shaping of a plastic bottle for carbonated drinks. The bottle has three feet that stand at an angle of 120° to one another. Bottle with “inner” edges Utility model DE 202018104464 U1 Applicant: BASF SE, Ludwigshafen (DE) Application date: 2.8.2018 The described plastic bottle has several projections pointing inwards to stabilise the bottle; they simultane- ously improve the pouring behaviour. Plastic bottle Europ. Patent No. EP 3369668 A1 Applicant: Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd., Tokyo (JP) Application date: 1.9.2016 Application is made throughout Europe for a PET bottle with a specially shaped shoulder area and procedure for manufacturing this bottle. (Alignment of plastic in machinery movement direction) Formable upper side Europ. Pat. issue No. EP 3072825 B1 Applicant: The Coca-Cola Comp., Atlanta (US) Application date: 21.11.2014 The shoulder area of a plastic bottle is reversibly “press- able” in three stages, depending on the load from stacking. The bottle remains sturdy in the three stages and remains in the pressed position when load is removed. Foldable bottle Europ. Pat.issue No. EP 3201094 B1 Applicant: S.I.P.A. S.p.A., Vittorio Veneto (IT) Application date: 2.10.2015 Foldable bottle for use in a water dispenser. The bottle is designed so that it folds down in a specified, desired way and/ or “shrinks” to equalise the low pressure. Plastic bottle Intern. Patent No. WO 2017 / 098488 A2 Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta (US) Application date: 10.1.2017 PET bottle for carbonated drinks. The bottle / upper surface of the bottle features a special structure to optimise the rising of carbon dioxide when opening and drinking.