ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,523, issued on May 13, was assigned to DISCMA AG (Hunenberg, Switzerland).
"Method of forming a container having a hanging implement" was invented by Corey Janes (Hillsdale, Mich.) and Darrel Lee (Saline, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ways to produce a container (315, 415, 515, 720, 815, 915) having a shaped tail (610, 910) are provided that include blow molding a precursor having a tail (105, 110, 205, 310, 410, 510, 715, 810, 910) and shaping the tail (105, 110, 205, 310, 410, 510, 715, 810, 910) to form the shaped tail (610, 910). Various types of blow molding can employ various types of precursors having tails (510). Injec...