US 11,866,362 B2
Glass container with embossed indicia
Edward A. Grant, Toledo, OH (US); and Delia Norith Sanchez Parada, Lima (PE)
Assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US)
Filed by Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/015,911.
Application 17/015,911 is a division of application No. 15/923,856, filed on Mar. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,807,898.
Prior Publication US 2020/0407258 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. C03B 9/32 (2006.01); C03B 9/347 (2006.01); B65D 23/14 (2006.01); B65D 1/02 (2006.01); B65D 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 9/347 (2013.01) [B65D 1/02 (2013.01); B65D 1/40 (2013.01); B65D 23/14 (2013.01); C03B 9/32 (2013.01); B65D 2203/00 (2013.01); B65D 2501/0045 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glass container including legible indicia having an indicia outer surface coextensive with an outer surface of an adjacent portion of the container and an indicia inner surface that protrudes radially inwardly with respect to an inner surface of the container adjacent to the indicia inner surface, wherein the container has a radial wall thickness between the inner and outer surfaces, wherein the indicia includes embossments appearing as inwardly projecting projections in cross section and including lands that are longitudinally parallel to the container inner surface and are spaced radially inwardly with respect to the rest of the container inner surface, and sides including fillets extending inwardly from the inner surface and rounds extending from the fillets to the lands, wherein the sides are not straight but are continuously curving, and wherein each side comprises an inflection point between, or a tangent of, the fillet and the round.