ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,554, issued on June 10, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Bottle with enhanced gripping facets" was invented by Tu D. Nguyen (Glenview, Ill.) and Chi Quang Nguyen (Glenview, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoplastic bottle is provided that has a sidewall having an exterior surface that defines a plane curve. The sidewall is joined with a base and a mouth to define an interior volume. Facets are integrally formed in the sidewall that each have a recess interior to the plane curve and a protrusion extending above the recess. The protrusion being either above or below the plane curve. The recess can s...