ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,624, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER GMBH & Co. KG (Hard, Austria).
"Closure cap" was invented by Denis Scheibenstock (Hard, Austria), Georg Suss (Raabs an der Thaya, Austria), Jurgen Bickel (Dornbirn, Austria), Peter Winghart (Oberstadion, Germany), Franz-Michael Lasser (Lochau, Austria) and Matthias Dangl (Waidhofen an der Thaya, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure cap for closing the pouring opening of a container includes a cylindrical threaded part which has an open rim, a first cylindrical shell, and an internal thread, which is formed on the interior of the shell and can interact with a...