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PATENTS www .verpackungspatente.de PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 09/21 www.petpla.net 55 Bottle with folding neck Intern. Patent No. WO 2019 / 106347 A1 Applicant: Creanovate Ltd., Isleworth (GB) Application date: 26.11.2018 The shoulder area of a PET bottle is designed so that the bottle neck / spout can be folded to the side by pressing on the specified place. This makes pouring or drinking directly from the bottle easier. Thin-walled container Intern. Patent No. WO 2020 / 208243 A1 Applicant: Société Anonyme des Eaux Minerales D’Evian et an Abrège, Evians-les-Bains (FR) Application date: 10.4.2020 Thin-walled container (50-150 μ m) with special base form. The container is made from at least 50% rPET. Base of a plastic bottle Intern. Patent No. WO 2020 / 202727 A1 Applicant: Suntory Holdings Ltd., Osaka (JP) Application date: 23.1.2020 Thin-walled, reduced-weight bottle to hold a “sugar-free” drink. The bottle is specially shaped in the base area to pre- vent unwanted misshaping during chilling. PET patents Space-saving PET bottle Intern. Patent No. WO 2019 / 054866 A1 Applicant: Creative Cloud Comp. B.V., Hilversum (NL) Application date: 13.9.2018 The application proposes a screw- capped PET bottle specially shaped for reasons of spatial economy, weight and handling and for use on board aeroplanes. Size and diameter can be adjusted to the serving quantity. Plastic bottle Europ. Patent No. EP 3677522 A1 Applicant: Suntory Holdings Ltd., Osaka (JP) Application date: 6.6.2018 The application describes the shaping of a plastic bottle for use in varying temperature ranges with embossing on the outer wall. The compensation areas required by temperature variations are created by the shaping and reshaping of the bottle shoulder. Changed surface optics Intern. Patent No. WO 2020 / 210590 A1 Applicant: Procter & Gamble Comp., Cincinnati (US) Application date: 10.4.2020 Multi-layer preform and the bottle it creates, which accom- modates more interesting and improved optics to meet con- sumer wishes through special colour effects. The pigments worked into the material create these special optics.