HOT-FILLABLE CONTAINER WITH GRIP

摘要

A blow-moulded plastic container (10) is provided suitable for hot-filling under pressurize-fill conditions, and under gravity-fill conditions. The container (10) includes opposing handgrips (22) within panels (20) which lack hinges and thus do not function as conventional vacuum panels as the inward deformation is spread beyond the panels (20). The handgrips include a distal, relatively stiffened portion (36) formed by a sidewall that forms a thumb piece (44) and a proximal, relatively unstiffened portion the smooth merges into a cylindrical sidewall (24) of the container.