ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,651, issued on March 4, was assigned to GEORG UTZ HOLDING AG (Bremgarten, Switzerland).
"Plastic container" was invented by Patrik Plattner (Sarmenstorf, Switzerland), Axel Ritzberger (Altendorf, Switzerland) and Philip Schaniel (Bremgarten, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plastic container (1) has a first base and four side walls (13, 14) projecting perpendicularly upwards with a circumferential edge (15) on the upper edge of said walls and a circumferential rib (16) of the lower end of said walls. According to the invention, the container (1) includes a second base (17), which is arranged on the underside of the first ...