US 12,139,296 B2
Multi-serve container with oval cross-section
Michael T. Lane, Brooklyn, MI (US); Bradley S. Philip, Tecumseh, MI (US); and James Stelzer, South Lyon, MI (US)
Assigned to AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/913,805
Filed by AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/025264
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/194506, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0208687 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 1/02 (2006.01); B65D 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 1/0261 (2013.01) [B65D 1/0207 (2013.01); B65D 1/44 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-serve polymeric container comprising:
a finish defining an opening of the container;
a body; and
a base;
wherein:
the body includes two opposing substantially flat sides and two opposing curved sides, a maximum cross-sectional width of the body is defined between the two opposing curved sides;
the multi-serve polymeric container has a material weight to fill volume of less than 0.9 g/oz;
the finish has a maximum diameter of 33 mm and the multi-serve polymeric container has a maximum volume capacity of about 64 oz or less;
the body further includes four curved corners, each one of the four curved corners is between one of the two opposing substantially flat sides and one of the two opposing curved sides; and
a first distance between a center of the body and one of the four curved corners of the body is less than, or equal to, a second distance between the center of the body and an end of the body.