ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,976, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Closure Systems International Inc. (Indianapolis).
"Flip-top closure and a package" was invented by Robert H. Owen (Crawfordsville, Ind.) and Jeremy E. Morin (Zionsville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flip-top closure includes first and second closure portions. The first closure portion includes a top wall portion with a tamper-evident winged section and a middle section, which are connected via a frangible connection. The winged section forms an undercut. The top wall portion includes a drivable structure to assist in threading the flip-top closure into a container. The second closure ...