US Patent Issued to Guala Closures on Sept. 30 for "Recyclable closure" (Italian, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,202, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Guala Closures S.p.A. (Alessandria, Italy).

"Recyclable closure" was invented by Luca Viale (Alessandria, Italy), Fulvio Bosano (Alessandria, Italy) and James Andrew Oldfield (Aberdour Burntisland Fife Scotland, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure (10) for a container (1) having a neck (2) with a pouring opening (4), comprising a plug (20) configured to engage within the neck to close the pouring opening, an overcap (30) attached to the plug (20), wherein the overcap (30) comprises a first part (40) removably attached to the plug (20), a second part (50) configured to be gr...