ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,283, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG (Hard, Austria).
"Refillable plastic container" was invented by Robert Siegl (Dornbirn, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a refillable plastic container (100) which comprises a neck (10) having a neck opening (11) and a container body enclosing a filling volume which are separated from one another by a substantially radially protruding support ring (30). The neck of the plastic container has an axial length (L) equal to or less than 17.25 mm, measured from a mouth rim (12) of the neck opening to an underside of the support rin...