PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2021

PATENTS PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 05/21 www.petpla.net 47 Underside shape Internal Patent No: WO 2020/ 081248 A1 Applicant: Pepsico Inc., Purchase (US) Registration date: 3.10.2019 This application describes the spe- cial geometric design of the underside of a plastic bottle intended for carbonated drinks. A robust bottle Internal Patent No: WO 2020/ 079122 A1 Applicant: Société des Produits Nestlé, Vevey (CH) Registration date: 18.10.2019 A thin-walled plastic bottle with spe- cially shaped, graduated, reinforcing grills, designed to withstand lateral forces par- ticularly well. Bottle with a bottom cap Internal Patent No: WO 2018/ 203146 A1 Applicant: Resilux N.V., Wetteren (BE) Registration date: 2.5.2018 The proposal is to clip on a suitably shaped bottle cap to enhance the under- side area of a PET bottle for carbonated drinks in terms of its appearance, stability and resistance to breakages. Producing containers in a 3D printing process Internal Patent No: WO 2020/ 088944 A1 Applicant: Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner Co. Ltd., KG, Hard (AT) Registration date: 17.10.2019 The proposal is to create a support- ing area of a container (side edges/ shoulder region) necessary for stabil- ity within the 3D printing process to withstand a wide range of materials. The thickness of the material in other areas is limited by the required barrier properties. A dual use bottle Internal Patent No: WO 2020/ 087142 A1 Applicant: Silton Batista Lima Bezerra, Brasilia (BR) Registration date: 27.9.2019 The outside of this plastic bottle has features into which the top side/thread of a similar bottle can be screwed. The bottle can be used in two ways: as a plaything or decorative item or for similar purposes. Plastic bottle European Patent No: EP 3216710 B1 Applicant: Suntory Holdings Ltd., Osaka (JP) Registration date: 29.10.2015 This European Patent describes the design of a light-weight plastic bottle whose underside and side walls are specially shaped to be sufficiently robust despite weighing very little. PET patents