ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,606, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ardagh Metal Packaging Europe GmbH (Zug, Switzerland).
"Lid element and closure assembly for a beverage container" was invented by Frank Pawella (Meckenheim, Germany), Hajo Rieck (Hennef, Germany) and Udo Jobges (Duren, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a lid element (1) for a beverage container (2), at least comprising a lid panel (3) having an opening (4), a fold edge (6) extending around the lid panel (3) in a circumferential direction (5) for connecting the lid element (1) to the beverage container (2), as well as damping bead (7) extending circumferentially be...