PATENTS PETpatents PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 12/21 www.petpla.net 39 Plastic bottle Intern. Patent No. WO 2019 / 220327 A1 Applicant: S.I.P.A. S.p.A., Vittorio Veneto (IT) Application date: 14.5.2019 Reduced-weight container made from PET for carbonated drinks. The base is specially shaped to make it sufficiently stable, despite its lightweight construction, and easy to manufacture. Multi-component preform Intern. Patent No. WO 2021 / 065705 A1 Applicant: Toyo Seikan Co. Ltd., Tokyo (JP) Application date: 25.9.2020 The application describes the design and the procedure for manufacturing a preform with an inner layer and an outer layer that is positioned underneath the neck ring. Bottle with separate handle Intern. Patent No. WO 2021 / 081227 A1 Applicant: Niagara Bottling Inc., Diamond Bar (US) Application date: 22.10.2020 Large-volume bottle (holds 1 gallon) with a separate handle and various reinforcement ridges that give the bottle sufficient stability during handling. Optimised, lightweight container Europ. Patent No. EP 3795484 A1 Applicant: Altium Packaging LP, Atlanta (US) Application date: 22.8.2017 Thin-walled, lightweight container still stable and shatterproof enough in all areas – especially the base. Connectable bottle Intern. Patent No. WO 2019 / 241246 A1 Applicant: Jeffrey Meyer, Pomona (US) Application date: 11.5.2019 The outside of a bottle is shaped in such a way that several bottles can be joined together. Shorter thread length Disclosure No. DE 102019007519 A1 Applicant: Gomez Cao Innovations & Inventions S.L., Barcelona (ES) Application date: 29.10.2019 Preform for a bottle with a matching cap. Bottle and cap are given features that offer retained functionality but require a lesser opening angle, thus a shorter thread and therefore lower material usage.
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