What is claimed is:
1. A blow molded container having barrier properties including an upper wall portion having an opening, an intermediate sidewall portion positioned beneath the upper wall portion, and a base portion positioned beneath the intermediate sidewall portion and adapted to support the container, said container further comprising: a molded outer layer having an inner surface and an outer surface and formed from at least 50% of recycled plastic; a carbon coating formed on the inner surface of the outer layer and adhered thereto and substantially coextensive with the outer layer, wherein said carbon coating has a thickness less than about 10 microns, wherein said container can be recycled.
2. A container according to claim 1, including at least 90% of recycled plastic.
3. A container according to claim 1, wherein said outer layer has a thickness from 6 to 23 mils.
4. A container according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the outer layer varies so that the intermediate sidewall portion is thinner than the upper wall portion and the base portion.
5. A container according to claim 1, including a barrier material added to the outer layer.
6. A container according to claim 1, wherein the carbon is coated on the inner surface of the blow molded container from at least one gaseous hydrocarbon.
7. A container according to claim 1, wherein the carbon coating has a thickness of from 0.05 to 10 microns.
8. A container according to claim 1, wherein the recycled plastic is polyethylene terephthalate.
9. A container according to claim 1, wherein the outer layer includes virgin plastic material.
10. A container according to claim 1, wherein the carbon coating is amorphous.
11. A container according to claim 1, wherein the carbon coating has a generally uniform thickness.
12. A container according to claim 1, wherein the carbon coating has a thickness that varies along the vertical length of the container.
13. A container according to claim 1, wherein the upper portion of the container includes a support flange.
14. A container according to claim 1, wherein the base portion includes a plurality of feet.
15. A container according to claim 1, wherein the outer layer is colored.
16. A container according to claim 1, including at least 75% of recycled plastic.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claims which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising at least 24 contiguous bases of nucleotide sequence first disclosed in SEQ ID NO: 1.
2. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that:
(a) encodes the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2; and
(b) hybridizes under stringent conditions to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the complement thereof.
3. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2.
4. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:4.
5. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:6.
6. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising at least 24 contiguous bases of nucleotide sequence first disclosed in SEQ ID NO: 45.
7. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that:
(a) encodes the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 46; and
(b) hybridizes under stringent conditions to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 45 or the complement thereof.
8. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:46.
9. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:38.
10. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:30.