ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,284, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG (Hard, Austria).
"Reusable plastics container" was invented by Daniel Goldenstein (Lochau, Austria) and Nicolas Thaler (Dornbirn, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a reusable plastics container (100), comprising a container body (20), a container base (10) and a container opening (30) located opposite the container base. A repeating structure (21), in particular a honeycomb structure, formed by depressions (22) and ribs (23) surrounding the depressions (22) is disposed on the container body (20). Alternatively, grooves are dis...