ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,422, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Ring Container Technologies LLC (Oakland, Tenn.).

"Container and method of manufacture" was invented by Paul Vincent Kelley (Arlington, Tenn.), Michael Green (Somerville, Tenn.), Douglas Miles Dygert (Olive Branch, Miss.) and Daniel M. Futral (Somerville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a container includes injecting a first material into a first mold to form a top portion of a preform. The first material and a second material are injected into the first mold to form a bottom portion of the preform. The preform is disposed in a second mold. The preform is blow mold...