ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,878, issued on March 11, was assigned to Niagara Bottling LLC (Diamond Bar, Calif.).
"Plastic container with varying depth ribs" was invented by Andrew Dimitri Peykoff (Newport Coast, Calif.) and Jay Clarke Hanan (Glendora, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottle may have varying depth ribs to achieve a balance of strength and rigidity while maintaining hoop strength. The varying depth ribs may smoothly transition around the circumference of the bottle from a flattened and/or shallow depth rib portion to a deep rib portion. A collection of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs act as recessed columns in the body of the bottle t...