US Patent Issued on July 7 for "Preforms for flair applications" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,448, issued on July 7.

"Preforms for flair applications" was invented by Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Maas (Someren, Netherlands), Petrus Lambertus Wilhelmus Hurkmans (Someren, Netherlands) and Aaron S. Haleva (Oakhurst, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A preform can be made from two different materials that do not bond together by a bi-injection process, using the same mold. First an outer preform can be fashioned first, then an inner preform molded through a center hole in the outer preform, and the preforms connected. Inner/outer preform materials can be different, e.g., PET/polyolefin or polyamide, or the same, e.g., PET/PET. To p...