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<a href="http://www.simplyyourarticles.com/article/CocaCola-Bottles-Make-It-Easy-To-Hold-The-Real-Thing/" target="_blank">Get Paid to Submit Article like "CocaCola Bottles Make It Easy To Hold The Real Thing"</a><br /><br />The collector of soft-drink related collectibles usually gravitates toward the large group of Coca-Cola items available for collecting. Bottles and even cans make great additions to their collections. Coca-Cola is a well-known brand all throughout the world, and their bottle shape and signature logo are recognized by people of all ages and locations. In fact, little about them has changed since their debut on the market in 1916.<br /> <br /> Brand recognition of this product is so potent that "Coke cola" is the obvious synonym some use to mean any soft drink at all. The company is not entirely happy about other brands being called by their copyright, but it shows how pervasive their product really is.<br /> <br /> Although Atlanta druggist John Pemberton first sold Coca-Cola in 1886 it would be several years before the familiar Coca-Cola bottle would appear. Pemberton first sold his beverage for five cents a glass from a soda fountain in his pharmacy. Records indicate the Pemberton's accountant Frank Robinson suggested the name Coca-Cola. Robinson also contributed his handwriting to the beverage's now famous script logo of the words Coca-Cola. Joseph Biedenharn designed the first Coca-Cola bottles and sent the company samples of his design but they would not appear on the market for several years.<br /> <br /> Although imitation is called the sincerest form of flattery, similarity of a competitor product can hurt sales in business. A company once wanted a bottle for the "real thing" that was so distinctive, that customers would be sure that they had the right product just from holding the bottle. There was once a contest held to help identify a bottle that was distinctive in the darkness or when someone was blindfolded. The curvy nature of the now well-known Coca-Cola bottle was the clear winner.<br /> <br /> While the basic contour of Coca-Cola bottles has remained, it has been refined several times for various reasons. The first was a practical one. The first contour bottles were wider in their middle section than they are now, and were not very steady on conveyor belts. They had to be made thinner to prevent tipping, but most people think the appearance is also more balanced and attractive.<br /> <br /> Slight differences were required for the design of plastic 20 ounce bottles when these were produced and used commonly in vending machines. The very large sizes like the two liter and three liter family size Coca-Cola bottles are not contoured for technical and manufacturing reasons and are an exception to the standard shape. Collectors may still enjoy finding very old bottles without the standard shape as well.<br>Soda-Pop-Collectibles.com features hundreds of <a href="http://www.soda-pop-collectibles.com/store.php?catid=13603" target="_blank">Coca-Cola bottles</a> and other soda pop memorabilia. New Coke cola <a href="http://www.soda-pop-collectibles.com/" target="_blank">collectibles</a> items added daily!