ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,231, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Container seal" was invented by Stefan Thomas (Tuttlingen, Germany) and Andreas Elisch (Dunningen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container seal includes a locking bolt, which has on one end portion or central portion thereof a push-in/latch compartment which is open in the transverse direction relative to the lock axis and is formed or provided with an undercut acting in the direction of the latch compartment opening; a clip or tab, wherein the clip or tab is arranged on the other end portion of the locking bolt; and a bolt or bar which is arranged...