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A container system is adapted to withstand impacts and features a first container having a first container body and a second container having a second container body. The second container defines a second body height and a second body wall thickness. A body recess is formed in the second container b

A container system is adapted to withstand impacts and features a first container having a first container body and a second container having a second container body. The second container defines a second body height and a second body wall thickness. A body recess is formed in the second container body for releasably engaging the first container body of the first container. A body recess defines at least one recess top and bottom corner and recess vertical edge having a recess top and bottom corner and vertical edge wall thickness, respectively, and which are intentionally thinned so as to have a thickness that is less than the second body wall thickness. The recess top and bottom corners and vertical edges are specifically configured to be deformable in response to an impact imposed thereagainst such that at least a portion of the impact shock is absorbed by the deformation in order to avoid rupture of the second container.

대표청구항 ▼

What is claimed is: 1. A method of manufacturing a container system with an injection control unit having an injection unit body, the method comprising the steps of:a) forming a first container of the container system; andb) forming a second container of the container system, the second container ha

What is claimed is: 1. A method of manufacturing a container system with an injection control unit having an injection unit body, the method comprising the steps of:a) forming a first container of the container system; andb) forming a second container of the container system, the second container having two opposing parting lines and a second body wall thickness, the second container having a body recess with at least one of a recess top and bottom corner and at least one recess vertical edge, comprising the steps of:1) injecting a preform material into the injection control unit;2) strategically moving an injection control member of the injection control unit with respect to the injection unit body to regulate a flow of the preform material for creating an expandable molding balloon, the injection unit body having an interior edge with a generally oval configuration;3) selectively regulating the flow of the preform material to generate at least one of a recess top and bottom corner and vertical edge wall thickness of the second container;4) forming at least one of the recess top and bottom corner and vertical edge wall thickness to be thinner than the second body wall thickness of the second container;5) molding the expandable molding balloon into the second container to create the body recess in the second container such that only a portion of the first container is accommodated in the body recess and a remaining portion of the first container is exposed outside the body recess and protrudes outward beyond the second container, the body recess being adapted to releasably engage the first container, the first container being retained within the body recess by an opposing pair of lateral body protrusions; and6) withstanding an impact upon the second container due to at least one of the recess top and bottom corners and vertical edges deforming in response to an impact thereagainst such that rupture of the second container is prevented.