ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,001, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Niagara Bottling LLC (Diamond Bar, Calif.).
"Plastic container with strapped base" was invented by Jay Clarke Hanan (Glendora, Calif.), Jochen Frosthovel (Regensburg, Germany) and Alexander Schau (Regensburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container includes a flat foot base having a gate centered on a central axis of the container and a sidewall connected to the base and defining a portion of an interior of the container. A plurality of strap ribs are positioned in the base, each one of which extends radially outward toward the sidewall. A plurality of recessed columns are positioned i...