A container has meta-stable panels to compensate for internal vacuum from hot filling.

The invention also relates to an apparatus in the hot fill of foods.

A lightweight finish for a hot-fill container uses less material compared to existing hot-fill container finishes.

An ergonomically friendly container (10) having hot-fill capabilities in disclosed.

Only the side panels flex in order to accommodate the hot-fill process.

An ergonomically friendly container (10, 30) having hot-fill capabilities is disclosed.

The process is particularly useful in the production of containers suitable for use in hot-fill applications.

Inflating the envelope of the balloon with hot air.

A blow molded plastic hot-fill container (10) includes at least one vacuum panel (30) for inward flexure under vacuum after the container is hot-filled and capped.

Some of the reviews stated hot fill worked great, but how hot.

A method for hot-filling and closing a polymer container (10) is disclosed which one of the closure for the container and the head space area is provided with a hole covered with a hydrophobic air permeable membrane (38, 138).

Hot fill conditions are allowed for such single use materials and articles.

Methods for making the contains and hot filling the containers are also disclosed.

A blow-molded plastic container (10) intended for use in hot-fill processing.

A container preform and method of hot filling a plastic container are also disclosed.