US Patent Issued to Niagara Bottling on March 11 for "Preform extended finish for processing light weight ecologically beneficial bottles" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,877, issued on March 11, was assigned to Niagara Bottling LLC (Diamond Bar, Calif.).

"Preform extended finish for processing light weight ecologically beneficial bottles" was invented by Jay Clarke Hanan (Glendora, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are preforms which incorporate improvements in the region of the neck and upper segment of the body to allow the production of lightweight containers, such as bottles suitable for containing water or other beverages. In accordance with certain embodiments, the improvements include a thinner neck finish area than conventional bottles, where the thinner area is extended into t...