ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,602, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Niagara Bottling LLC (Diamond Bar, Calif.).
"Plastic container with strapped base" was invented by Jay Clarke Hanan (Ontario, Calif.), Jochen Forsthovel (Regensburg, Germany) and Alexander Schau (Regensburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container may have a base, a sidewall connected to the base, a bell connected to the sidewall, and a finish connected to the bell. The base may have strap ribs to resist deformation of the base. The sidewall may have recessed columns to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The strap ribs and recessed columns may vertically line up a...