Inventors:
WALTER J. STRASSER - Cement City MI, US
Bradley S. Philip - Tecumseh MI, US
Richard J. Steih - Jackson MI, US
Richard K. Rangler - Tipton MI, US
Brad Caszatt - Manchester MI, US
John B. Simon - Springfield MA, US
International Classification:
B65D 90/02
Abstract:
A container may employ an upper portion defining a mouth, a shoulder portion formed with the upper portion and extending away from the upper portion, a bottom portion forming a base, a sidewall extending between and joining the shoulder portion and the bottom portion, and a plurality of smooth surfaced vacuum panels formed in the sidewall, which may be separated by one or more strengthening grooves. The vacuum panels and/or the container in a profile view may form an hourglass shape. The container may also employ a sidewall utilizing three smooth, grooveless, vacuum panels, which may form a triangle in cross-section. The vacuum panels may be concave inward toward a central vertical axis of the container and have an hourglass shape when the container is viewed in a side view.