CONTAINER APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS

摘要

Apparatus and methods for designing, manufacturing, and using containers provides improved strength-to-material and/or strength-to-weight ratios, thereby reducing the raw materials and other costs needed to fulfill a given application or serve a given purpose. A web pattern 30 is formed integrally within a container sidewall 12/14. For cornered embodiments, the strengthening web is integrated through at least one corner 20. For manufacturing processes such as injection molding, feeder paths (or flow leader paths) 18 facilitate injection with less energy requirements. Computer-aided design methods enable shapes for containers and other products that are not normally achievable with conventional software and related design tools.