The present invention overcomes many of the shortcomings inherent in
previous containers for packaging potato chips and/or crisps, corn based
chips and/or crisps, cookies and the like. The improved
implosion-resistant container of the present invention utilizes flowing
geometries mechanisms which allow a hermetically sealed container to
smoothly change its geometric shape thereby adjusting its internal volume
in response to changes in environmental conditions. These volumetric
adjustments compensate for changes in environmental conditions thereby
avoiding the random buckling and deformation inherent in current
packaging techniques which detracts from the commercial presentation of
the container. The improved container of the present invention may also
include a variety of other stress dissipating mechanisms that counteract
the forces causing thermo-plastic container deformation, implosion and
loss of seal integrity. This collection of stress dissipating mechanisms,
employed collectively or separately, allows a container for storing
fragile food products to be fashioned as a relatively lightweight,
thin-walled, blow molded thermo-plastic container that is capable of
adapting to changing environmental conditions while maintaining its
visual aesthetic appearance.