Bottle-Type Plastic Container Having an Integrated Hand-Grip

Abstract

The bottle-shaped plastic container comprises a hollow body with an integrated hand-grip. The hand-grip is constituted by a palm-recess and two opposite finger-recesses; said palm-recess has preferably a depth of at least 5 mm; said two opposite finger-recesses are an extension of the bottom of said palm-recess, and the bottom of said palm-recess comprising ribs that extend in the finger-recesses.

1 . A Plastic container comprising a hollow body with an integrated hand-grip, wherein said hand-grip is constituted by a palm-recess and two opposite finger-recesses, said two opposite finger-recesses being an extension of a bottom of said palm-recess, and the bottom of said palm-recess comprising ribs that extend in the finger-recesses. 
   
   
       2 . The Container according to  claim 1 , wherein said palm-recess has a depth of at least 5 mm. 
   
   
       3 . The Container according to  claim 2 , wherein the depth of said palm-recess is at least equal to 8 mm. 
   
   
       4 . The Container according to  claim 1 , wherein each finger-recess comprises an inward sloping portion joining the bottom of the palm-recess, and having a slope angle at least equal to 20°. 
   
   
       5 . The Container according to  claim 4 , wherein the slope angle of said inward sloping portion of a finger-recess is at least equal to 40°. 
   
   
       6 . The Container according to  claim 1 , wherein each finger-recess comprises an inward sloping portion joining the bottom of the palm-recess, and having a depth at least equal to 5 mm. 
   
   
       7 . The Container according to  claim 6 , wherein the depth of said inward sloping portion of a finger-recess is at least equal to 10 mm. 
   
   
       8 . The Container according to  claim 1 , wherein the bottom of the palm-recess is convex. 
   
   
       9 . The Container according to  claim 1 , wherein the width of the bottom of the palm-recess is smaller than the width of the palm-recess in a region of its upper or lower edges. 
   
   
       10 . The Container according to  claim 1 , wherein the width of the whole bottom of the palm-recess or of a part of the bottom of the palm-recess is preferably substantially equal to 75 mm. 
   
   
       11 . The Container according to  claim 1 , wherein the height of the bottom of the palm-recess is at least equal to 50 mm, and more preferably at least equal to 60 mm. 
   
   
       12 . The Container according to  claim 1 , and having a fill volume of at least 2 liters, and more preferably of at least 3 liters.