Plastic containers

Claim 1

A THIN WALLED NESTABLE PLASTIC CUP-LIKE CONTAINER MADE FROM A WEB OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM THICKNESS MATERIAL AND COMPRISING A BOTTOM, AND SIDE WALL HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FRUSTOCONICAL CONFIGURATION, SAID SIDE WALL BEING PROVIDED WITH A STACKING RING SPACED FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID CUP, SAID SIDE WALL BEING PROVIDED AT THE OTHER END OF SAID CUP OPPOSITE SAID BOTTOM WITH A THICKENED LIP PORTION INTENDED TO RIGIDIFY THE SIDE WALL OF SAID CUP IN THE VICINITY OF THE MOUTH OF THE CONTAINER, AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE SIDE WALL INTERMEDIATE SAID STACKING RING AND SAID THICKNED LIP PORTION HAVING IMPRESSED THEREON AN EMBOSSED HERRINGBONE PATTERN HAVING A PLURALITY OF CHANNEL SHAPED RIBS EQUALLY SPACED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ON SAID SIDE WALL, PORTIONS OF SAID PATTERN EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY BEYOND AND OTHER PORTIONS EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY BEYOND A MEDIAL PLANE INTERCONNECTING THE AFOREMENTIONED THICKENED LIP PORTION AND SAID STACKING RING AND AFFORDING AN APPARENT WALL THICKNESS SUBSTANTIALLY HEAVIER THAN THE WEB FROM WHICH THE CONTAINER IS FABRICATED, EACH RIB OF SAID EMBOSSED PATTERN HAVING A ZIG ZAG CONFIGURATION EXTENDING GENERALLY AXIALLY OF THE CONTAINER WITH ADJACENT SECTIONS IN EACH RIB EXTENDING ALTERNATELY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A VERTICAL LINE RUNNING GENERALLY AXIALLY OF SAID CONTAINER AND THE MATERIAL THICKNESS OF SAID BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS INCLUDING SAID EMBOSSED PATERN BEING SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM WHEREBY SAID PATTERN SUBSTANTIALLY RIGIDIFIES SAID SIDE WALLS AGAINST AXIAL COMPRESSION AND TORSIONAL FORCES.