ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,944, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to RPC Bramlage GmbH (Lohne, Germany).
"Closure device for a container" was invented by Martin Presche (Dinklage, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure device for a container with a container opening has a lid element for closing the container opening, a chamber assigned to the lid element and an inner housing. The chamber and the inner housing have closing and opening elements that correspond to one another. The chamber locks with the inner housing, the lock with the inner housing being offset radially inwards in respect of a vertical of the closure device over a greatest width of the ch...