ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,035, issued on June 24, was assigned to Guala Pack S.P.A. (Castellazzo Bormida, Italy).
"Closure for a spout in a thin-walled package" was invented by Alberto Buzzi (Castellazzo Bormida, Italy) and Riccardo Zammori (Castellazzo Bormida, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure for a spout of a thin-walled flexible package has a cap and a tamper evident seal having a tamper evident ring suitable for being applied to the spout, a tamper evident portion integral with the cap, and at least one breakable bridge which, when the tamper evident seal is unbroken, joins the tamper evident ring to the tamper evident portion. The tamper ev...