Biaxial stretching during blow-moulding with or without prestretching

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BPERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING B29Plastic substance processing B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS SHAPING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS B29C49/00Blow-moulding

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Preform assembly, double container, and method of manufacturing dou...
- Patent number 12,151,845
- Issue date Nov 26, 2024
- Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
- Takanori Suzuki
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Low friction ISBM bottles
- Patent number 12,084,221
- Issue date Sep 10, 2024
- TOTALENERGIES AMERICAN SERVICES, INC.
- Russell McDonald
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Method for fabricating a container and the container
- Patent number 12,064,912
- Issue date Aug 20, 2024
- Furanix Technologies B.V.
- Hendrikus Antonius Visser
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Lightweight plastic container and preform
- Patent number 12,017,816
- Issue date Jun 25, 2024
- Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- Richard C. Darr
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Lightweight plastic container and preform
- Patent number 11,939,104
- Issue date Mar 26, 2024
- Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- Richard C. Darr
- B65 - CONVEYING PACKING STORING HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
Information Patent Grant
Aerosol container made of plastic
- Patent number 11,897,641
- Issue date Feb 13, 2024
- Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
- Robert Siegl
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Preform assembly, double container, and method of manufacturing dou...
- Patent number 11,851,235
- Issue date Dec 26, 2023
- Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
- Takanori Suzuki
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Lightweight plastic container and preform
- Patent number 11,834,222
- Issue date Dec 5, 2023
- Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- Richard C. Darr
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Preform and container adapted for accommodating an insert piece, wi...
- Patent number 11,813,786
- Issue date Nov 14, 2023
- Resilux NV
- Dirk De Cuyper
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus and method for forming a concave object
- Patent number 11,806,914
- Issue date Nov 7, 2023
- Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa Cooperativa
- Fabrizio Pucci
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Lightweight plastic container and preform
- Patent number 11,780,634
- Issue date Oct 10, 2023
- Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- Richard C. Darr
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Inductively heated mold system
- Patent number 11,752,684
- Issue date Sep 12, 2023
- Blockwise Engineering LLC
- Jeremiah J. Warriner
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Blow molding method and apparatus for forming squeezable plastic co...
- Patent number 11,697,241
- Issue date Jul 11, 2023
- Silgan Plastics LLC
- Randal D. Porter
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
System and method for manufacturing fittings and connections for bi...
- Patent number 11,691,366
- Issue date Jul 4, 2023
- Molecor Tecnologia, S.L.
- Igancio Munoz De Juan
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Container, preform assembly and method and apparatus for forming co...
- Patent number 11,667,435
- Issue date Jun 6, 2023
- Heineken Supply Chain B.V.
- Arie Maarten Paauwe
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Continuous blow moulding machine, preforms, system and process
- Patent number 11,660,802
- Issue date May 30, 2023
- INTEGRATED PLASTICS PTY LIMITED
- Nick Mellen
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Recycled pet barrier bottle
- Patent number 11,642,814
- Issue date May 9, 2023
- Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
- Robert Siegl
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Method for manufacturing a polyester based polymer article
- Patent number 11,633,887
- Issue date Apr 25, 2023
- KEIRYO PACKAGING SA
- Johan Robbrecht
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Lightweight plastic container and preform
- Patent number 11,560,250
- Issue date Jan 24, 2023
- Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- Richard C. Darr
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Bottles and methods of making the same
- Patent number 11,554,891
- Issue date Jan 17, 2023
- R&D Tool & Engineering Co.
- Brian R. Lefebure
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Polyester resins with particular carbon black as a reheat additive...
- Patent number 11,530,311
- Issue date Dec 20, 2022
- Dak Americas, LLC
- David Eugene Thompson
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Injection-molded preform for the production of a plastics container...
- Patent number 11,504,896
- Issue date Nov 22, 2022
- Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
- Florian Müller
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Preform and bottle
- Patent number 11,472,090
- Issue date Oct 18, 2022
- Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
- Junichi Chiba
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Bio-based MEG and polyester compositions and methods of making the...
- Patent number 11,352,463
- Issue date Jun 7, 2022
- CHANGCHUN MEIHE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
- Haiyu Ren
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Resin composition and use of same
- Patent number 11,352,477
- Issue date Jun 7, 2022
- Kuraray Co., Ltd.
- Makoto Okamoto
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Device and method for controlling the throughflow of blow-molding f...
- Patent number 11,338,495
- Issue date May 24, 2022
- Aventics GmbH
- Christian Busch
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Refillable polymer bottle and method for improved caustic stress cr...
- Patent number 11,339,247
- Issue date May 24, 2022
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Ronald D. Moffitt
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for producing a filled SBM bottle
- Patent number 11,325,295
- Issue date May 10, 2022
- FRESENIUS KABI DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
- Torsten Brandenburger
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Multilayer container comprising a polyethylene furanoate layer
- Patent number 11,305,910
- Issue date Apr 19, 2022
- Furanix Technologies B.V.
- Jesper Gabriël Van Berkel
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Stretch-blown plastic container with a handle region made integral...
- Patent number 11,186,403
- Issue date Nov 30, 2021
- Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
- Adem Demir
- B65 - CONVEYING PACKING STORING HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
Injection Stretch Blow Moldable (ISBM) Composition
- Publication number 20240425221
- Publication date Dec 26, 2024
- TOTALENERGIES AMERICAN SERVICES, INC.
- Russell McDonald
- B65 - CONVEYING PACKING STORING HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
Information Patent Application
DOUBLE CONTAINER
- Publication number 20240400282
- Publication date Dec 5, 2024
- KYORAKU CO., LTD.
- Shun MORIOKA
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC CONTAINER AND PREFORM
- Publication number 20240308718
- Publication date Sep 19, 2024
- Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- Richard C. Darr
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
CONTINUOUS STRETCH BLOW MOULDING SYSTEM APPLIED TO SPECIFIED INTEGR...
- Publication number 20240253293
- Publication date Aug 1, 2024
- INTEGRATED PLASTICS PTY LIMITED
- Nick Mellen
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
CONTINUOUS STRETCH BLOW MOULDING SYSTEM APPLIED TO SPECIFIED INTEGR...
- Publication number 20240246727
- Publication date Jul 25, 2024
- Integrated Plastics Pty Limited
- Nick Mellen
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC CONTAINER AND PREFORM
- Publication number 20240228101
- Publication date Jul 11, 2024
- Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- Richard C. Darr
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
FLUID DISPENSER CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLUID DISPENSE...
- Publication number 20240208156
- Publication date Jun 27, 2024
- Victor Gerrit VAN DOORN
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PREFORM, DOUBLE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF
- Publication number 20240190636
- Publication date Jun 13, 2024
- KYORAKU CO., LTD.
- Yosuke MUROYA
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
POLYOLEFIN RESINS FOR CONTAINERS
- Publication number 20240124692
- Publication date Apr 18, 2024
- LIQUIFORM GROUP LLC
- Gregory Carpenter
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PREFORM ASSEMBLY, DOUBLE CONTAINER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DOU...
- Publication number 20240051702
- Publication date Feb 15, 2024
- YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD
- Takanori SUZUKI
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC CONTAINER AND PREFORM
- Publication number 20240034507
- Publication date Feb 1, 2024
- Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- Richard C. Darr
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING PLASTIC PREFORMS INTO PLASTIC CONT...
- Publication number 20240017470
- Publication date Jan 18, 2024
- KRONES AG
- Daniel THEEN
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
CONTINUOUS BLOW MOULDING MACHINE, PREFORMS, SYSTEM AND PROCESS
- Publication number 20230302710
- Publication date Sep 28, 2023
- Integrated Plastics Pty Limited
- Nick MELLEN
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PREFORM LAYERED BODY AND LAYERED CONTAINER
- Publication number 20230278274
- Publication date Sep 7, 2023
- NISSHA CO.,LTD.
- Fumiya AMARI
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PACKAGING
- Publication number 20230235167
- Publication date Jul 27, 2023
- Mark DIXON
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF FORMING A CONTAINER HAVING A HANGING IMPLEMENT
- Publication number 20230226740
- Publication date Jul 20, 2023
- DISCMA AG
- Corey Janes
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
INDUCTIVELY HEATED MOLD SYSTEM
- Publication number 20230122890
- Publication date Apr 20, 2023
- Jeremiah J. Warriner
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Low Friction ISBM Bottles
- Publication number 20220348375
- Publication date Nov 3, 2022
- Fina Technology, Inc.
- Russell McDonald
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR REGULATING THE CYCLIC PRODUCTION OF CONTAINERS BY STRETC...
- Publication number 20220212392
- Publication date Jul 7, 2022
- SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
- Arnaud DELAUNAY
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Application
PREFORM FOR MULTILAYER CONTAINER COMPRISING A POLYETHYLENE FURANOAT...
- Publication number 20220204206
- Publication date Jun 30, 2022
- FURANIX TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
- Jesper Gabriël Van Berkel
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
PREFORM ASSEMBLY, DOUBLE CONTAINER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DOU...
- Publication number 20220177180
- Publication date Jun 9, 2022
- YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD
- Takanori SUZUKI
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PET BLOW MOULDING MACHINES
- Publication number 20220111575
- Publication date Apr 14, 2022
- B & R Industries, Pty. Ltd
- Glenn Robert Beale
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
BIFURCATED DUAL-BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEM FOR BIFURCATED VESSELS
- Publication number 20220054287
- Publication date Feb 24, 2022
- Khalid Al-Saadon
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING A CONCAVE OBJECT
- Publication number 20220016823
- Publication date Jan 20, 2022
- SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA
- FABRIZIO PUCCI
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PLASTIC CONTAINER
- Publication number 20220009666
- Publication date Jan 13, 2022
- ALPLA-Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & CO. KG
- Robert Siegl
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
CONTINUOUS BLOW MOULDING MACHINE, PREFORMS, SYSTEM AND PROCESS
- Publication number 20210387398
- Publication date Dec 16, 2021
- Integrated Plastics Pty Limited
- Nick MELLEN
- B65 - CONVEYING PACKING STORING HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
Information Patent Application
Blow Molding Method and Apparatus for Forming Squeezable Plastic Co...
- Publication number 20210308930
- Publication date Oct 7, 2021
- Silgan Plastics LLC
- Randal D. Porter
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
POLYOLEFIN RESINS FOR CONTAINERS
- Publication number 20210309840
- Publication date Oct 7, 2021
- AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLC
- Gregory CARPENTER
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PREFORM AND CONTAINER ADAPTED FOR ACCOMMODATING AN INSERT PIECE, WI...
- Publication number 20210260810
- Publication date Aug 26, 2021
- RESILUX N.V.
- Dirk DE CUYPER
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR FABRICATING A CONTAINER AND THE CONTAINER
- Publication number 20210260808
- Publication date Aug 26, 2021
- FURANIX TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
- Hendrikus Antonius Visser
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Biaxial stretching during blow-moulding with or without prestretching

Industry

Parent Industries

Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Preform assembly, double container, and method of manufacturing dou...

Low friction ISBM bottles

Method for fabricating a container and the container

Lightweight plastic container and preform

Lightweight plastic container and preform

Aerosol container made of plastic

Preform assembly, double container, and method of manufacturing dou...

Lightweight plastic container and preform

Preform and container adapted for accommodating an insert piece, wi...

Apparatus and method for forming a concave object

Lightweight plastic container and preform

Inductively heated mold system

Blow molding method and apparatus for forming squeezable plastic co...

System and method for manufacturing fittings and connections for bi...

Container, preform assembly and method and apparatus for forming co...

Continuous blow moulding machine, preforms, system and process

Recycled pet barrier bottle

Method for manufacturing a polyester based polymer article

Lightweight plastic container and preform

Bottles and methods of making the same

Polyester resins with particular carbon black as a reheat additive...

Injection-molded preform for the production of a plastics container...

Preform and bottle

Bio-based MEG and polyester compositions and methods of making the...

Resin composition and use of same

Device and method for controlling the throughflow of blow-molding f...

Refillable polymer bottle and method for improved caustic stress cr...

Method and apparatus for producing a filled SBM bottle

Multilayer container comprising a polyethylene furanoate layer

Stretch-blown plastic container with a handle region made integral...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Injection Stretch Blow Moldable (ISBM) Composition

DOUBLE CONTAINER

LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC CONTAINER AND PREFORM

CONTINUOUS STRETCH BLOW MOULDING SYSTEM APPLIED TO SPECIFIED INTEGR...

CONTINUOUS STRETCH BLOW MOULDING SYSTEM APPLIED TO SPECIFIED INTEGR...

LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC CONTAINER AND PREFORM

FLUID DISPENSER CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLUID DISPENSE...

PREFORM, DOUBLE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF

POLYOLEFIN RESINS FOR CONTAINERS

PREFORM ASSEMBLY, DOUBLE CONTAINER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DOU...

LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC CONTAINER AND PREFORM

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING PLASTIC PREFORMS INTO PLASTIC CONT...

CONTINUOUS BLOW MOULDING MACHINE, PREFORMS, SYSTEM AND PROCESS

PREFORM LAYERED BODY AND LAYERED CONTAINER

PACKAGING

METHOD OF FORMING A CONTAINER HAVING A HANGING IMPLEMENT

INDUCTIVELY HEATED MOLD SYSTEM

Low Friction ISBM Bottles

METHOD FOR REGULATING THE CYCLIC PRODUCTION OF CONTAINERS BY STRETC...

PREFORM FOR MULTILAYER CONTAINER COMPRISING A POLYETHYLENE FURANOAT...

PREFORM ASSEMBLY, DOUBLE CONTAINER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DOU...

PET BLOW MOULDING MACHINES

BIFURCATED DUAL-BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEM FOR BIFURCATED VESSELS

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING A CONCAVE OBJECT

PLASTIC CONTAINER

CONTINUOUS BLOW MOULDING MACHINE, PREFORMS, SYSTEM AND PROCESS

Blow Molding Method and Apparatus for Forming Squeezable Plastic Co...

POLYOLEFIN RESINS FOR CONTAINERS

PREFORM AND CONTAINER ADAPTED FOR ACCOMMODATING AN INSERT PIECE, WI...

METHOD FOR FABRICATING A CONTAINER AND THE CONTAINER