ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,263, issued on April 29, was assigned to SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS (Octeville-sur-Mer, France).
"Flat-bottomed plastics container" was invented by Laurent Naveau (Octeville-sur-Mer, France), Wilfried Hermel (Octeville-sur-Mer, France), Celine Vautier (Octeville-sur-Mer, France) and Michel Boukobza (Octeville-sur-Mer, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a container made of plastics material, provided with a body and with a bottom in the continuation of the body at a lower end of the body. The bottom has an oblong curved contour and includes a seating surface forming a standing plane of the container. The standing plane has an...