ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,568, issued on June 10, was assigned to Nypro Inc. (Clinton, Mass.).
"Tethered closure device" was invented by Nuria Gauxachs (Tortosa, Spain), Ismael Castellvi (Tortosa, Spain), Pau Mauri (Tortosa, Spain), Emilio Castella (Tortosa, Spain), Jeffrey C Minnette (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Ryan P. Davidson (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tethered closure device for a beverage container, a cap element and a beverage container. It is provided that a tethered closure device for a beverage container comprises the following components: A frame device and a cap element with an at least partially connected recloseable lid...