US Patent Issued to Plastipak Packaging on Oct. 28 for "Lightweight plastic container and preform" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,385, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Plastipak Packaging Inc. (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Lightweight plastic container and preform" was invented by Richard C. Darr (Medina, Ohio) and Edward V. Morgan (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plastic container includes a hollow body portion including a lower supporting base portion; a sidewall portion extending upwardly from the base portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall portion. The neck portion includes a support flange having an upper and lower surface, at least one thread, and a dispensing opening at the top of the neck portion. In embodiments, a c...