ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,556, issued on June 17, was assigned to rapitag GmbH (Munich).
"Closure-securing means for a bottle" was invented by Sebastian Muller (Munich) and Alexander Schneider (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a closure guard for a bottle, comprising a first housing part and a second housing part, which are configured to non-releasably enclose an upper portion of the neck of the bottle to be secured, including the bottle closure, when in a securing state, wherein the first housing part and the second housing part are interconnected so as to be movable relative to one another and are transferable between t...