ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,052, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Nypro Inc. (Clinton, Mass.).
"Tethered cap and spout" was invented by Jeffrey C. Minnette (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Ryan P. Davidson (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Pau Mauri Pinol (Tortosa, Spain) and Randall K. Julian (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are tethered cap and spout combinations. The tethered cap and spout combinations prevent loss of the cap after opening. In an implementation, the tethered cap and spout combinations may provide mechanisms for puncturing or opening a seal that may be present at a throat or neck of the container which provides both an anti-...