Bottle for flowable product

摘要

A bottle has a body intermediate a neck and a closed bottom of the bottle. The body has an exterior surface defining a circumference of the body. The body includes a plurality of panel segments. Each panel segment has an upper panel end, a lower panel end, a length extending from the upper panel end to the lower panel end, opposite longitudinal sides, and a panel centerline extending at a substantially constant acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the bottle. The panel segments are disposed generally side-by-side around the circumference of the body. The exterior surface of each panel segment may be substantially planar along the circumferential width of the panel segment.

主权项

1. A bottle having an open top, a closed bottom, and a longitudinal axis extending between the open top and the closed bottom, the bottle comprising:
a neck having an upper neck end defining the open top of the bottle, and a lower neck end; and a body intermediate the lower neck end and the closed bottom of the bottle, the body having an upper body segment, a center body segment, and a lower body segment, the center body having an exterior surface defining a circumference and including a plurality of panel segments, each panel segment having an upper panel end, a lower panel end, a length extending from the upper panel end to the lower panel end, opposite longitudinal sides, and a panel centerline extending at a constant acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the bottle, the panel segments being disposed side-by-side and contiguous around the circumference of the body; wherein each panel segment extends from the upper panel end to the lower panel end in a sinusoidal direction about the panel centerline, and the circumferential shape of the center body is a polygon at any point along a majority of the length of the center body.