ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,967, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG (Hard, Austria).
"Plastic container" was invented by Adem Demir (Lauterach, Austria) and Klemens Bosch (Lustenau, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a plastic container (1, 1") comprising a container body (10, 10', 10"), which forms a filling volume, and a reach-through opening (11, 11") penetrating the container body (10, 10', 10"). The reach-through opening (11, 11") forms a handle (12, 12', 12", 12'") with a partial region (10a, 10a', 10a") of the container body (10, 10', 10"). A handle insert (13, 13', 13", 13'") is arranged in the rea...