US Patent Issued to Elopak on Sept. 30 for "Closure device for a paper or paperboard-based package" (Danish, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,195, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Elopak GmbH (Mannheim, Germany).

"Closure device for a paper or paperboard-based package" was invented by Frode Enemark (Silkeborg, Denmark) and Sebastian Lauhof (Gross Schwulper, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a closure device (1) comprising a pour spout (100) and a cap (200), the cap comprising a lid portion (300), a hinge portion (500) and a retainment portion (500), the hinge portion permanently linking the lid portion to the retainment portion and the retainment portion being permanently retained around the pour spout, the lid portion being re-sealably ar...