Aerosol plastic container made from an isosorbide containing copolyester and aerosol dispenser comprising said aerosol plastic container

Abstract

The invention relates to a plastic preform suitable to be stretch blow molded in order to form an aerosol container ( 20 ) or to an injection stretch blow molded aerosol container ( 20 ), wherein the preform or container are made of a polymeric material that comprises a copolyester including at least 1 mole % of isosorbide as comonomer and having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.7 dL/g.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 .- 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A plastic preform adapted to be stretch blow molded to form an injection stretch blow molded container, the preform comprising:
 a polymeric material that comprises a copolyester including at least 1 mole % of isosorbide as comonomer and having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.7 dL/g.   
     
     
         17 . The preform of  claim 16 , wherein the preform is comprised of copolyester including at least 1 mole % of isosorbide as comonomer and having an intrinsic viscosity of at least about 0.7 dL/g. 
     
     
         18 . The preform of  claim 16 , wherein the copolyester is polyethylene terephthalate containing Isosorbide (PEIT). 
     
     
         19 . The preform of  claim 16 , wherein the copolyester includes at least 3 mole % of isosorbide as comonomer. 
     
     
         20 . The preform of  claim 16 , wherein the copolyester includes at least 5 mole % of isosorbide as comonomer. 
     
     
         21 . The preform of  claim 16 , wherein the copolyester includes not more than 15 mole % of isosorbide as comonomer. 
     
     
         22 . The preform of  claim 16 , wherein the copolyester includes not more than 8 mole % of isosorbide as comonomer. 
     
     
         23 . The preform of  claim 16 , wherein the intrinsic viscosity of the copolyester is at least 0.8.dL/g. 
     
     
         24 . The preform of  claim 16 , wherein the intrinsic viscosity of the copolyester is at least 0.9.dL/g. 
     
     
         25 . The preform of  claim 16 , wherein the intrinsic viscosity of the copolyester is not more than 2.dL/g. 
     
     
         26 . An injection stretch blow molded container, the container comprising:
 a polymeric material that comprises a copolyester including at least 1 mole % of isosorbide as comonomer and having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.7 dL/g.   
     
     
         27 . The injection stretch blow molded container of  claim 26 , wherein the container has an axial stretch ratio (S a ) of not more than 3. 
     
     
         28 . The injection stretch blow molded container of  claim 26 , wherein the container has an axial stretch ratio (S a ) of not more than 2.55. 
     
     
         29 . The injection stretch blow molded container of  claim 26 , wherein the container has a radial stretch ratio (S r ) of not more than 2.5. 
     
     
         30 . The injection stretch blow molded container of  claim 26 , wherein the container has a radial stretch ratio (S r ) of not more than 2.4. 
     
     
         31 . The injection stretch blow molded container of  claim 26 , wherein the container has an overall stretch ratio (S) of not more than 9. 
     
     
         32 . The injection stretch blow molded container of  claim 26 , wherein the container has an overall stretch ratio (S) of not more than 7. 
     
     
         33 . The injection stretch blow molded plastic container of  claim 26 , wherein the container includes a concave sidewall gripping portion. 
     
     
         34 . The injection stretch blow molded plastic container of  claim 26 , wherein the container has a volume of not more than 750 ml. 
     
     
         35 . The injection stretch blow molded plastic container of  claim 26 , wherein the container has a volume of not more than 500 ml. 
     
     
         36 . An aerosol dispenser comprising the injection stretch blow molded aerosol container of  claim 26 , including a valve dispensing device configured to dispense aerosol contents from the container.