Claims
- 1. A blow-molded bottle formed of PET material having a generally cylindrical side wall and having a pressure bottom, comprising:
- means in said bottle bottom forming an integral single thickness bi-axially stretched skirt positioned radially inwardly of said side wall and forming a support for holding said bottle in an upright position, and having a lower end spaced from said bottle bottom, said lower end of said skirt further being defined by an annular radially inwardly turned ledge.
- 2. A blow-molded, carbonated beverage bottle formed of PET material having a threaded neck portion, a tubular and generally cylindrical body side wall portion, and a curved closure bottom of generally spherical shape, comprising:
- a single thickness bi-axially stretched skirt formed as an integral portion of said bottom and extending from a location on said bottom radially inwardly of said body side wall portion in an axial direction with respect to the axis of said bottle, and terminating in a lower surface defining a common plane thereby forming a support for supporting said bottle in an upright position,
- said skirt further being defined by an inwardly turned ledge at said lower surface.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 325,169 filed Mar. 17, 1989 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,952,134. which is continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 157,449 filed Feb. 19, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,861,260.
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Divisions (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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