Bottle

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a bottle having a neck portion and a body portion for containing liquid contents therein. The body portion includes a plurality of guides which are formed around at least a partial area or an entire area of the body portion in a spiral pattern. The guides protrude inwards from the inner surface of the body portion to have convex shapes, so that the liquid contents are guided towards an opening of the neck portion while spirally revolving inside the body portion, and the body portion is able to be compressed by compression force with respect to a longitudinal direction. A cross-section of each of the plurality of guides has an angled shape of “>” or “<”, and an outermost midpoint (c) of a horizontal medial line of the guide has a round shape, a pointed shape or a vertically angled shape. An upper bent point (a) is formed in an upper portion extending upwards from the outermost midpoint (c) of each of the guides, and a lower bent point (c) is formed in a lower portion extending downwards from the outermost midpoint (c), so that an upright strength of the body portion is maintained even when the liquid contents contained in the body portion move.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a bottle for containing liquid contents therein, and more particularly to a bottle which includes a plurality of guides which have angled structures provided with bent points and are arranged in a spiral pattern, so that liquid contents can be smoothly discharged from the bottle, the upright strength of the bottle can be maintained even though the liquid contents move excessively, and when the bottle is crushed by compressing, the guides are compressed in such a way that lower bent points are bent towards and folded into upper bent points, thus minimizing the restoring force of the guides after the bottle has been crushed.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]At present, beverages, such as water and colas, liquors, or liquid-type food, are contained in various kinds of containers. Examples of such liquid containers are paper bottles, PET bottles, glass bottles, and metal bottles (...

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Benefits of technology

[0011]Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bottle which is configured such that liquid contents can be smoothly discharged from the bottle and the volume of the bottle can be minimized after it has been empty, thus facilitating the handling of empty bottles, for example, facilitating collection or transportation of the empty bottles.

[0012]Another object of the present invention is to provide a bottle which is provided with angled guides having bent points, so that the upright strength of the bottle can be maintained despite movement of the liquid contents contained in the bottle, and when the bottle is crushed by compressing, the guides are compressed in such a way that lower bent points are bent towards and folded into upper bent points, thus minimizing the restoring force of the guides after the bottle has been crushed.

Problems solved by technology

In such a case, there is a possibility that the contents contained in the body portion of the PET bottle are not smoothly discharged but are abruptly discharged at excessive pressure, so that the contents are likely to gush out of the PET bottle and to splatter on a user's clothes or the surrounding area.

In particular, when the user directly drinks the contents from the bottle, the user may choke or his or her clothes or body may get splashed.

Further, since the bottles have large volumes even when they are empty, it is difficult to deal with the empty bottles or it is required to install additional equipment in households to reduce the volume of the empty bottles.

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