(19)
(11) EP 1 354 802 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.08.2004 Bulletin 2004/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/43

(21) Application number: 02016180.8

(22) Date of filing: 20.07.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 1/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 19.04.2002 JP 2002117736
26.04.2002 JP 2002126479

(71) Applicant: Gohsho Company, Ltd.
Nakakoma-gun, Yamanashi (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Higuchi, Mitsuo
    Nakakoma-gun, Yamanashi (JP)

(74) Representative: EGLI-EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEYS 
Horneggstrasse 4 Postfach 473
8034 Zürich
8034 Zürich (CH)

   


(54) Foldable plastic bottle


(57) 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.









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