ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,050, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to BERICAP HOLDING GMBH (Budenheim, Germany).
"Closure device" was invented by Christian Krautkramer (Eltville, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure device for closing a container, the closure device including a basic member, the basic member having a channel extending along a closure axis and having an inlet opening and a pouring opening, the closure device including a closure cap, the closure cap and the basic member being formed and arranged relative to each other in such a manner that the closure cap closes the pour-ing opening in a closed state of the closure device and releases it ...