US Patent Issued to POLAR CAPS on Nov. 4 for "Cap assembly, a container comprising the same, and apparatus for and method of sealing a container" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,706, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to POLAR CAPS LTD. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Cap assembly, a container comprising the same, and apparatus for and method of sealing a container" was invented by Christopher Allan Petrie (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a cap assembly for a container according to one aspect. The assembly includes a cap shaped to selectively couple to a container. The cap has an aperture extending through a top thereof. The assembly includes a resilient member coupled to and spanning the aperture of the cap. The resilient member is configured to both seal the container and reversibly exp...