ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,048, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Daklapack Europe B.V. (Lelystad, Netherlands).
"Spout-cap unit, pouch comprising such a spout-cap unit" was invented by Jan De Ruiter (Lelystad, Netherlands) and Dave Willem Klaassen (Lelystad, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spout-cap unit is provided. The spout-cap unit includes a spout including a sealboat, an outlet tube, a retaining member and a cap for closing the outlet tube in a closed position. The spout and the cap are tethered together via at least one tethering member to form the spout-cap unit, the tethering member is connected to the spout at one end and to the cap at t...