US Patent Issued to Niagara Bottling on May 26 for "Handle for a container" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,252, issued on May 26, was assigned to Niagara Bottling LLC (Diamond Bar, Calif.).

"Handle for a container" was invented by Sudheer Bandla (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Melissa Cronin (Alhambra, Calif.) and Mark Doherty (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottle handle includes a neck engagement collar including a neck ring defining a central aperture. The bottle handle also includes a handle portion coupled to the neck engagement collar. The bottle handle further includes a plurality of tabs extending radially inward from the neck ring. Two adjacent tabs of the plurality of tabs define a slot therebetween, and wherein...