US Patent Issued to Intellectual Capital Management on Sept. 9 for "Pull tab for beverage containers with enhanced accessibility and ergonomics" (Montana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,972, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Intellectual Capital Management (Whitefish, Mont.).

"Pull tab for beverage containers with enhanced accessibility and ergonomics" was invented by Mitchell Everts (Whitefish, Mont.) and Bryan Cook (Whitefish, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pull tab for opening a container with a lidded frangible region and rivet is disclosed. The pull tab comprises a tapered body with a nose portion, lift portion, and opposing sides. A rivet island aperture defines a rivet island with a rivet aperture for lid attachment. The tab features two bends: one between the nose and lift portions, another between...