ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,968, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Gaplast GmbH (Altenau, Germany).

"Container consisting of a rigid outer container and a deformable inner bag, and a method for producing such a container" was invented by Stephan Kneer (Farchant, Germany), Roland Kneer (Farchant, Germany) and Kasim Yilginc (Oberammergau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method for producing a container consisting of a rigid outer container and a deformable inner bag. A first screw conveyor supplies a first thermoplastic plastics material for the outer container and at least a second and a third screw conveyor supplies at least a second and a third the...