US Patent Issued to Sonoco Development on Oct. 27 for "Container construction with flexible liner and one-way valve" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,126, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Sonoco Development Inc. (Hartsville, S.C.).

"Container construction with flexible liner and one-way valve" was invented by Sabrina V. Dixon-Garrett (Bennettsville, S.C.) and Lawrence Robert Carpenter (Darlington, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, the invention comprises a container comprising: a base; at least one sidewall extending upwardly from the base and terminating in a top edge, wherein the at least one sidewall is paper-based; a removable flexible membrane adhered to the top edge, wherein the membrane comprises a one-way valve; a liner ply at least partially adhered ...