	US 12,077,339 B2
	Blow molded article with visual effects
Bradley Scott Neufarth, Loveland, OH (US); Andrew Joseph Horton, Middletown, OH (US); Marc Andrew Mamak, Mason, OH (US); Mark Lewis Agerton, Mason, OH (US); Philip Andrew Sawin, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Ioannis Constantine Constantinides, Wyoming, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,751.
Application 17/217,751 is a continuation of application No. 16/158,841, filed on Oct. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,994,886.
Claims priority of application No. 17196087 (EP), filed on Oct. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0221551 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 1/02 (2006.01); B29B 11/14 (2006.01); B29C 49/06 (2006.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)

CPC B65D 1/0215 (2013.01) [B29B 11/14 (2013.01); B29C 49/06 (2013.01); B29C 2949/3018 (2022.05); B29C 2949/3032 (2022.05); B29C 2949/3036 (2022.05); B29K 2067/003 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0032 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0018 (2013.01); B29K 2995/002 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7158 (2013.01); Y10T 428/1352 (2015.01); Y10T 428/139 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1393 (2015.01)]

9 Claims

1. A blow molded article comprising a hollow body defined by a wall wherein the wall has an inner surface and an outer surface, the wall being formed in at least one region by 3 layers, a layer A including the outer surface of the wall in that region, a layer B including the inner surface of the wall in that region and a layer C sandwiched between layers A and B, said article being obtained by blow molding of a preform made via parallel flow co-injection of about 2 or more streams resulting in mixing of the streams; wherein one or more streams make up layers A and B and the remaining streams make up layer C, wherein the layer C comprises a pigment visible through layer A; wherein between layers A and C and layers B and C there is a transition layer created by the mixing where the layers are interpenetrated; wherein the wall in the region where layers A, B and C are present comprises a Critical Normal Load greater than 30 N.