ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,014, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to A. RAYMOND ET CIE (Grenoble, France).
"Scored locking cap for neck container" was invented by Sofien Hamadene (Saint Etienne de Crossey, France) and Stephanie Pellet (Sassenage, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking cap for a container comprising a neck comprises: -an outer body, defined by an upper face and a cylindrical wall, and including a breakable strip extending from the upper face to a free end of the cylindrical wall, -a capsule, arranged on the upper face and rigidly connected to the breakable strip, -a cage, locked in the outer body, having a generally cylindrical shape, and ...