ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,671, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).

"Integrated liquid container system and method of assembly thereof" was invented by Alberto Baldoy Ruiz (Burguillos, Spain), Christopher Garzon (York, Pa.), John Matthew Kempainen (Troy, Ohio), Ramon Luis (Brussels), Alex Miller (Wayzata, Minn.) and Joseph Schomisch (Burlington, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated liquid container system includes a housing and a liquid delivery container. The housing includes a housing top portion having a neck aperture, a housing bottom portion opposite the housing top portion, and a housing body portion extending b...