ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,992, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Liqui-Box Corp. (Richmond, Va.).
"Dispensing system" was invented by Ian Darby (Leicestershire, Great Britain), Paul N. Georgelos (Naperville, Ill.) and Matthew Ruschmeier (Glencoe, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing system for a liquid container including a cap configured to be mounted to a spout connected to a liquid container. The system includes a flexible valve positioned in the cap to be in contact with the liquid contents of the liquid container and a retaining ring connected to the cap to secure the flexible valve to the cap. The cap includes at least one channel define...