ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,224, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA (Imola, Italy).

"Cap for container" was invented by Alessandro Falzoni (Imola, Italy) and Vittorio Bassi (Faenza, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closing cap for a container having a lateral wall and a transversal wall positioned at one end of the lateral wall, a separating line being provided on the lateral wall to define a retaining ring that is configured to internally engage with a stop ring of a neck of the container as to remain anchored to the neck, and a closing element removably engageable with the neck, so as to open or clo...