EP 1354802 A3 20040811 - Foldable plastic bottle
Title (en)
Foldable plastic bottle
Title (de)
Faltbare Kunststoff-Flasche
Title (fr)
Bouteille pliable en plastique
Publication
Application
Priority
- JP 2002117736 A 20020419
- JP 2002126479 A 20020426
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1354802A2] To provide a container that can be manually and easily compressed when emptied to attain a significantly reduced compressed height, which container can maintain the compressed state without the need to place a cap thereon. <??>A container main body (1) has a bellows-shaped portion (2) formed over the entire longitudinal length thereof, or over a part of the longitudinal length except for a tap portion (3). Each of the folds (6,7,8) constituting the bellows-shaped portion has an arc top surface (9) and a predominantly straight bottom surface (11) connecting to the top surface. <IMAGE> <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65D 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65D 1/0292 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XY] WO 9611145 A1 19960418 - MAZDA MASAYOSI [JP]
- [X] EP 0287170 A2 19881019 - PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]
- [X] EP 0850842 A1 19980701 - MAZDA MASAYOSI [JP]
- [X] US 5209372 A 19930511 - NORWOOD PETER M [US]
- [Y] US 2002023930 A1 20020228 - HIGUCHI MITSUO [JP]
- [X] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 01 31 January 2000 (2000-01-31)
- [X] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 01 29 January 1999 (1999-01-29)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 02016180 A 20020720