US Patent Issued on April 22 for "Hinged closure" (Canadian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,921, issued on April 22.

"Hinged closure" was invented by Sanjeev Khattar (Brampton, Canada) and Stephane Graux (Liergues, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hinged closures for containers are provided. The hinged closures allow for a closure that can be held in the open position with a large opening angle. The hinged closures include a lid portion and a skirt portion interconnected by a hinge portion. The hinge portion can be formed from two connecting columns and a central tongue, or two tongues and a central connecting column."

The patent was filed on Aug. 20, 2020, under Application No. 16/998,315.

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