US Patent Issued to GRAHAM PACKAGING on Nov. 11 for "Plastic container with container strut support columns" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,601, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to GRAHAM PACKAGING Co. LP (Lancaster, Pa.).

"Plastic container with container strut support columns" was invented by Sheldon E. Yourist (York, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plastic container including a top container portion having a plurality of spaced top strut members, a bottom container portion having a plurality of spaced bottom strut members, and a middle container portion located between the top and bottom container portions. The top, bottom and middle container portions oriented along a container axis. The middle container portion includes a plurality of annular rib members each ri...