Patent 6971530 was granted and assigned to Plastipak on December, 2005 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The improved plastic container and preform is light weight and includes a base, a cylindrical sidewall projecting upwardly from the base, and a neck finish projecting upwardly from the sidewall and having an opening to the inside of the container. The neck finish includes an inwardly oriented stepped area adjacent the opening.