ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,231, issued on July 29, was assigned to ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER GMBH & Co. KG (Hard, Austria).
"Container closure" was invented by Michel Gauthey (Dijon, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container closure includes a pouring element that merges into a container body or fastened on a container body and has at least one external thread formed on the pouring element. A closure cap for closing a pouring opening of the pouring element has a cylindrical threaded part with an open periphery and an internal thread that interacts with the external thread of the pouring element. The closure cap has a tamper-evident band connected to the...