ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,116, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to PepsiCo Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).
"Multi-layer bottle" was invented by Advait Bhat (White Plains, N.Y.), Girish Deshpande (Carmel, N.Y.), Brian Hershaft (Rye Brook, N.Y.), David Mckelvey (Belfast, Great Britain) and Shiyong Yan (Belfast, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer beverage container includes a multi-layer wall having an outer layer, a middle layer, and an inner layer. At least the inner layer is configured to flex inwards to accommodate a change in the sealed internal volume of the beverage container after a hot-filled beverage is filled inside the container and all...