MOLDED ARTICLE, CONTAINER AND A METHOD FOR THE MOLDING AND RECYCLING THEREOF

• Main Authors: KFOURY, Georgio, NGUYEN-HOANG, Sebastien Sang, NIEWELS, Joachim Johannes, WITZ, Jean-Christophe, GALT, John Robert
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.02.2023
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BESHAPED; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIALCONTAINING PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The invention relates to a container (290, 390, 690) and a method (500) for forming a container (290, 390, 690). The container (290, 390, 690) has a body formed, at least in part, from a first thermoplastic (182). The body is configurable to define a storage vessel of the container (190, 290, 390, 690) and a visual indicator (299, 399, 699) provided on the container that is configured to provide a visual indication responsive to a change in a characteristic of the container (290, 390, 690).