US 7,467,725 B2
Synthetic resin bottle having a vacuum-absorbing function
Toshimasa Tanaka, Tokyo (Japan); and Takao Iizuka, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on May 03, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/119,760.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-158034 (JP), filed on May 27, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0263481 A1, Dec. 01, 2005
Int. Cl. B65D 1/44 (2006.01); B65D 1/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 215—381  [215/382; 220/675] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A synthetic resin bottle comprising:
a body having an upper end and a lower end and a plane cross-sectional shape of a circle, the circle being out-of-round over substantially an entire height of the body, the body including:
crests disposed at three or more points on a circumference of the circle at substantially a same interval, wherein a central angle (α) position of each crest fluctuates similarly vertically along the height of the body;
support ridges formed by the crests in sigmoid curves and disposed at least in three substantially parallel rows at a same interval; and
panels disposed between adjacent support ridges and provided with slightly swelled panel walls that are reversibly deformable into a dented shape, as seen in cross-sectional plan views.