ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,650, issued on March 4, was assigned to Niagara Bottling LLC (Diamond Bar, Calif.).
"Container preform with stepped interior finish" was invented by Jay Clarke Hanan (Glendora, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A finish portion of a preform for rotatably engaging with a closure to seal pressurized contents within an interior of a container formed from the preform. The finish portion includes a cylindrical body that begins at an opening to the interior. The cylindrical body has a base surface, threads extending from the base surface, a tamper evidence ledge, and a handling surface disposed between the threads and the tamper eviden...