ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,589, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A. (Brussels).

"Integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container having a bag anchoring point, process for the production thereof, and tool thereof" was invented by Sarah Van Hove (Korbeek-Dijle, Belgium), Daniel Peirsman (Bornem, Belgium) and Rudi Verpoorten (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is an integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container obtainable by blow-moulding an injection moulded multi-layer preform. The bag-in-container includes an inner layer forming the bag and an outer layer forming the container, and a single opening, the mouth, fl...