ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,393, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. (Bolton, Canada).
"Closure device for a container" was invented by Arnold Heinz Mai (Irrel, Germany) and Tobias Naumann (Merzig, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure device for a container neck having a cap which is pivotable between closed open configurations, comprising: a base; an outer wall extending circumferentially around the base; a plug seal extending from the base, at an inner face of the cap, and spaced from the outer wall to define a channel for receiving the container neck and for forming a seal against an inner wall of the container...