ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,396, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Mold-Rite Plastics LLC (Twinsburg, Ohio).
"Mold-material flip-top tamper evident closure" was invented by Leonora Brozell (Maumee, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure for use with a container, the closure including a cap assembly with a lower cap configured to attach to a neck of the container. A flip-top reclosable lid is hingedly attached to the cap assembly. The hinge permitting the lid to be pivoted open and closed relative to the cap assembly. A plurality of frangible spokes extend between and are integrally molded to the flip-top lid and the cap assembly. The spokes are spaced a...