ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,700, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Ardagh Metal Packaging USA Corp (Chicago).
"Can ends having re-closable covers" was invented by Michael R. Gogola (Itasca, Ill.), Rex A. Villasin (Itasca, Ill.), Peter Kim (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Alex J. Teckenbrock (Lombard, Ill.), Jonathan M. Holland (Cary, Ill.) and Abhik Soanpet (Oak Park, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example can end includes a can end having center panel defining a pour panel and a first wall extending from the center panel. A cover defines a first opening and rotatably couples to the can end. The cover is rotatable relative to the pour panel between a first pos...