U.S. patent application number 11/173980 was filed with the patent office on 2007-01-11 for injection blow molded bottle with alternate capstand.
Invention is credited to Gerard M. Costello.
Application Number | 20070007235 11/173980 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 37617347 |
Filed Date | 2007-01-11 |
United States Patent
Application |
20070007235 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Costello; Gerard M. |
January 11, 2007 |
Injection blow molded bottle with alternate capstand
Abstract
An injection blow molded bottle with alternate capstand about
the exterior walling thereof for receipt of the cap of the bottle
in a manner equivalent to the manner in which the cap is receivable
by the primary capstand atop the bottle with the alternate capstand
having a diameter, shape and contour equivalent to the diameter,
shape and contour of the primary capstand and a hollowed out
cavernous center area to accommodate snap-on receipt of a
non-threaded cap and threading or ridging about the outer walling
thereof to accommodate receipt of a non-snap-on bottle cap.
Inventors: |
Costello; Gerard M.;
(Wilmington, VT) |
Correspondence
Address: |
John J. Welch, Jr., Esq.
8 E. Center Street
Rutland
VT
05701
US
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Family ID: |
37617347 |
Appl. No.: |
11/173980 |
Filed: |
July 5, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
215/390 ;
215/228; 220/735; 220/744 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 23/12 20130101;
B65D 1/40 20130101; B65D 1/0223 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
215/390 ;
215/228; 220/744; 220/735 |
International
Class: |
B65D 39/00 20060101
B65D039/00; B65D 23/12 20060101 B65D023/12; B65D 25/00 20060101
B65D025/00 |
Claims
1. An injection blow molded bottle with alternate capstand,
comprising: a. an injection blow molded bottle; b. said injection
blow molded bottle being made of a compressible material; c. said
injection blow molded bottle being featured by a presence of a
concomitantly injection blow molded alternate capstand jutting from
exterior walling of said blow molded bottle; d. said alternate
capstand having a shape and contour identical to a diameter, shape
and contour of a primary capstand atop said injection blow molded
bottle; e. said alternate capstand being interiorly hollow above
said exterior walling of said injection blow molded bottle, and; f
said alternate capstand being amenable to ready affixation thereto
of a bottle cap otherwise affixable to said primary capstand of
said injection blow molded bottle.
2. The injection blow molded bottle with alternate capstand of
claim 1, whereby said alternate capstand has threading about outer
walling thereof.
3. The injection blow molded bottle with alternate capstand of
claim 1, whereby said alternate capstand has ridging about outer
walling thereof.
4. A blow molded bottle with alternate capstand, comprising: a. an
injection blow molded bottle; b. said injection blow molded bottle
being made of a compressible material; c. said injection blow
molded bottle being featured by a presence of a concomitantly
injection blow molded alternate capstand jutting from exterior
walling of said injection blow molded bottle; d. said alternate
capstand having a shape and contour identical to a diameter, shape
and contour of a primary capstand atop said injection blow molded
bottle; e. said alternate capstand having threading about outer
walling thereof, and; f. said alternate capstand being amenable to
ready affixation thereto of a bottle cap otherwise affixable to
said primary capstand of said injection blow molded bottle.
5. An injection blow molded bottle with alternate capstand,
comprising: a. an injection blow molded bottle; b. said injection
blow molded bottle being made of a compressible material; c. said
injection blow molded bottle being featured by a presence of a
concomitantly injection blow molded alternate capstand jutting from
exterior walling of said injection blow molded bottle; d. said
alternate capstand having a shape and contour identical to a
diameter, shape and contour of a primary capstand atop said
injection blow molded bottle; e. said alternate capstand having
ridging about outer walling thereof, and; f. said alternate
capstand being amenable to ready affixation thereto of a bottle cap
otherwise affixable to said primary capstand of said injection blow
molded bottle.
Description
CROSS REFERENCES TO PRIOR OR PARENT APPLICATIONS
[0001] There are no prior or parent applications in respect of the
instant invention.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
[0002] There is no federally sponsored research and development in
respect of the instant invention.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] 1. Field of the Invention
[0004] The instant invention relates to those devices admitting of
means of holding the caps of empty bottles.
[0005] 2. Art Information
[0006] The devices references in the enclosed Art Information
Statement, respectfully submitted, do not anticipate the instant
invention.
A SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] 1. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The instant invention is an injection blow molded bottle
featuring an alternate capstand located upon the exterior walling
thereof The alternate capstand has a diameter, shape and contour
equivalent to the diameter, shape and contour of the primary
capstand affixed to which, atop of the bottle, is the bottlecap
serving to seal, from an exterior environment, the contents of a
full or partially full bottle. The alternate capstand in a first
embodiment is smooth walled to accommodate the smooth walling of
i.e., a snap-on bottle cap. A second embodiment has threading about
the outer walling of the alternate capstand thereof to accommodate
the threading grooves of the inner walling of a bottle cap amenable
to receipt by the same, and such threading is equivalent in respect
of the threading about the primary capstand as well. The alternate
capstand abutting from the exterior walling of the bottle also
features a hollowed out cavernous area within it so as to
accommodate the snap-on placement upon it of a snap-on cap without
threading grooves about the inner walling of such a cap.
[0009] 2. OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
[0010] Bottles made of plastic when virtually empty are mostly
always, in respect of waste disposal, subjected to crushing and
compacting prior to perhaps any viable recycling of the same. Such
bottles with caps as may have been snapped or screwed back onto the
primary capstands thereof can be crushed only with a great deal of
force, relatively stated, leading unavoidably to ultimately a
blowing off of such caps by virtue of a concomitantly compressive
expulsion of air trapped within such a capped bottle. This leads to
an environmentally undesirable blowing about as well of the
residual contents then still, more often than not, likewise trapped
within the virtually empty bottle. If such contents are of the
order of hazardous chemicals such as, for example, motor oil, the
results post-blowout can have clearly untoward environmental
repercussions. The instant invention serves to wholly resolve such
a thorny waste disposal problem.
[0011] The cap of the bottle once empty is simply affixed to the
alternate capstand portion of the bottle about the exterior walling
thereof leaving the primary capstand atop the bottle capless and
the interior of the bottle concomitantly open to the exterior.
Crushing and compression of a virtually empty bottle of the order
of the instant invention requires much less force to flatten it as
would be required as respects the crushing and compression
flattening of conventionally capped bottles as noted above. There
is, in respect of resort to utilization of the instant invention,
accordingly, then no reason to fear the environmental pollution
otherwise resulting from such invariably forced expulsion of any
such residual bottle contents concomitant with the forced expulsion
of trapped air, since, there is, with respect to the instant
invention no possibility that there would ever be any such trapped
internal air within it.
[0012] In view of the foregoing, respectfully submitted, the
instant invention is indeed new, useful and unquestionably
unique.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0013] 1. FIG. 1 depicts in frontal plan view, prior art in respect
of capped bottles.
[0014] 2. FIG. 2 depicts in frontal plan view prior art in respect
of an uncapped bottle with smooth-walled primary capstand.
[0015] 3. FIG. 3 depicts in frontal plan view, prior art in respect
of an uncapped bottle with a threaded primary capstand.
[0016] 4. FIG. 4 depicts in perspective view a first embodiment of
the invention featuring a smooth walled bottle cap in apposition to
the smooth walled alternate capstand component thereof.
[0017] 5. FIG. 5 depicts in perspective view a smooth walled bottle
cap of FIG. 4 affixed to the alternate capstand component of the
first embodiment of the invention.
[0018] 6. FIG. 6 depicts in perspective view a first variant of a
second embodiment of the invention featuring a groove walled bottle
cap in apposition to the threaded alternate capstand component
thereof
[0019] 7. FIG. 7 depicts in perspective view a groove walled bottle
cap of FIG. 6 but now affixed to the alternate capstand component
of the first variant of the second embodiment of the invention.
[0020] 8. FIG. 8 depicts in perspective view a second variant of
the second embodiment of the invention featuring a groove walled
bottle cap in apposition to the ridged alternate capstand component
thereof
[0021] 9. FIG. 9 depicts in perspective view a groove walled bottle
cap of FIG. 8 but now affixed to the alternate capstand component
of the second variant of the second embodiment.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0022] FIG. 1 depicts injection blow molded bottles A and B capped
respectively with bottle caps 1 and 2, each bottle being reflective
of the prior art of injection blow molded bottles made out of
plastic or a plastic-like substance. FIGS. 2 and 3 respectively
show bottles A and B with bottle caps 1 and 2 off the primary
capstands C and D respectively above each bottle. The bottle A
shown in FIG. 2 has a smooth-walled primary capstand C to
accommodate receipt of bottle cap 1 characterized by the presence
of smooth inner walling thereof The bottle B shown in FIG. 3 has a
threaded primary capstand D to accommodate receipt of bottle cap 2
characterized by the presence of threading grooves about inner
walling thereof FIG. 4 depicts a first embodiment of the invention.
Bottle 3 therein shown is a blow molded bottle similar in shape to
bottle A as seen in FIGS. 1 and 2. An injection blow molded bottle
3 differs markedly from bottle A in view of the presence of a
concomitantly injection blow molded alternate capstand component 4
located about exterior walling thereof Alternate capstand component
4 of bottle 3 has, as respects an upper portion thereof, a shape,
contour and diameter equivalent to the shape, diameter and contour
of the primary capstand 10 thereof for ready receipt of a bottle
cap 1 to be snapped thereon in lieu of being otherwise snapped in
place onto primary capstand 10. Alternate capstand component 4 is
interiorly hollowed out with a cavernous area 5 down to a level
above the level of the exterior walling of a bottle 3 all as is
shown in FIG. 4. The value and utility of the invention lies in the
capability it provides for ready placement of bottle cap 1 onto
alternate capstand component 4 when bottle 3 is devoid of contents
in lieu of having to otherwise then snap it back onto primary
capstand 10. Bottles 3 like bottles A being made of plastic or a
plastic-like substance are designed to be crushed once emptied.
[0023] However, whereas such bottles remain air-filled in the
environment, if the bottle caps 1 thereof are placed back onto the
primary capstands C or 10 respectively thereof, a great deal of
pressure in respect of such crushing is required as opposed to the
relatively, notably reduced amount of pressure as would be required
in respect of the same were the bottle caps 1 not placed back onto
primary capstands C or 10 respectively thereof prior to such
crushing. It is however ecologically undesireable to have loose
bottle caps 1 lying about here, there or anywhere in advance of
crushing. Moreover, it would be extremely inefficient time-wise for
a crusher-operator to ever seek to undertake to uncap what might
well be hundreds or indeed even thousands of such bottles awaiting
such crushing prior to undertaking to effectuate same. Likewise, in
the face of seeking to effect a crushing of air-filled capped
would-be empty bottles containing invariably at least some residual
contents, it ought properly to be expected that, in light of the
relatively monumental amount of pressure required to adequately
crush such bottles, not an insubstantial amount of such residual
contents could be found notably sprayed and spewn about the
environment outside of such bottles in the face of such crushing.
Such an outcome could well bode veritably disasterous over time in
the event such contents were of the order of a form of toxic
chemical such as motor oil, a pesticide or the like. Ready
placement however of a bottle cap 1 onto an alternate capstand
component 4 as per what is shown in FIG. 5 instead of onto a
primary capstand 10 subsequent to an essential emptying of the
contents of a bottle 3 and before delivery of the bottle 3 for
crushing services to greatly minimize if indeed perhaps obviate
completely the above-noted concern for the prospects of
accumulating environmental pollution in view of the greatly reduced
crushing pressure required to effectively compact and flatten such
bottles. FIG. 6 depicts a first variant of a second embodiment of
the invention. A blow molded bottle 6 is shown equipped with a
concomitantly blow molded alternate capstand component 4a about
exterior walling thereof. Alternate capstand component 4a has
threading 7 about exterior walling thereof equivalent to the
threading 7 about the exterior walling of the primary capstand 11
of bottle 6. The diameter, shape and contour of alternate capstand
component 4a are the same as those of primary capstand 11. A bottle
cap 2 is therein shown in apposition to alternate capstand
component 4a after having been threadably removed from primary
capstand 11.
[0024] FIG. 7 shows bottle cap 2 threadably affixed to alternate
capstand component 4a. A hollowing out of alternate capstand 4a is
not necessarily required as respects the matter of ready receipt of
a bottle cap 2. The same principle of utility as noted above as
respects the first embodiment of the invention applies regarding
this first variant of the second embodiment as well. FIG. 8 depicts
a second variant of the second embodiment of the invention. An
injection blow molded bottle 8 is shown equipped with a
concomitantly blow molded alternate capstand component 4b about
exterior walling thereof Alternate capstand component 4b has
ridging 9 about exterior walling thereof equivalent to ridging 9
about the exterior walling of the primary capstand 12 of bottle 8.
Also, the diameter, shape and contour of alternate capstand 4b is
equivalent to the diameter, shape and contour of primary capstand
12. Moreover, a hollowing out of alternate capstand 4b is not
necessarily required for purposes of receipt of a bottle cap 2a.
FIG. 9 shows bottle cap 2a affixed to alternate capstand 4b. Once
again, it can be observed that the same principle of utility as
noted above applies regarding this second variant of the second
embodiment as well.
[0025] In conclusion, respectfully submitted, in view of the
foregoing recitations, the instant invention is indeed not only new
and unique but unquestionably useful.
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