Container

Abstract

The present device is a spherical stackable beverage container with substantially flat top and bottom surfaces. The curved side walls of the container are thicker at the uppermost and bottommost edges to increase strength and durability. The round side walls provide high impact resistance, increased ratio of volume to height than standard cylindrical containers, and more volume to surface area to conserve plastic. The container base is also reinforced to increase stabilization under pressure such as during manufacturing, filling, carbonation, impact or extreme temperatures. The container lid may be a standard lid, including pop top or peel back, or a thread on lid and provide access to the contents of the container. The neck and the lip of the container, between the body walls and the lid, create additional head space so that the improved container will float when the headspace is a certain percentage of the container volume.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A spherical container for storage of liquids or solids comprising:
 a container top positioned at an upper portion of said container;   a container base positioned at a lower portion of said container; and   a curved container side wall extending from said container top to a said container base and forming a middle container portion.   
     
     
         2 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein said container side wall is further comprised of a proximate edge, an equator, and a distal edge. 
     
     
         3 . The container of  claim 2 , wherein said proximate edge is of a greater thickness than said midsection, wherein said distal edge is of a greater thickness than said midsection. 
     
     
         4 . The container of  claim 3 , wherein said container top is comprised of a neck, a lip, and a lid. 
     
     
         5 . The container of  claim 4 , wherein said neck is adjacent to said proximate edge, wherein said lip is adjacent to said neck, wherein said lid is located within the interior boundary of said lip. 
     
     
         6 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein said container base is comprised of a level base rim and a base center within the periphery of said base rim. 
     
     
         7 . The container of  claim 6 , wherein said base center contains at least one center depression. 
     
     
         8 . The container of  claim 7 , wherein said depression is selected from the group consisting of: curved center depression; curved center depression with at least one radial depression extending from said center depression; substantially flat center depression. 
     
     
         9 . The container of  claim 6 , wherein a first container may be securely stacked upon a second container when said lid is secured to a lip of said second container and said base of said first container is nested upon said lid of said second container, and wherein said second container may be securely stacked upon a third container when said lid is secured to a lip of said third container and said base of said second container is nested upon said lid of said third container, and so forth thereafter for each successive container. 
     
     
         10 . The container of  claim 5 , wherein a container opening mechanism for said lid is selected from the group consisting of: pop top arm, pull tab, peel back, and ring-pull tab. 
     
     
         11 . The container of  claim 10 , wherein said lid includes a scored section to facilitate opening of said lid through use of said container opening mechanism.