US Patent Issued to Silgan Dispensing Systems on Jan. 27 for "Refill system and spout and methods of using the same" (American, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,246, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Silgan Dispensing Systems Corp. (Richmond, Va.).

"Refill system and spout and methods of using the same" was invented by Daniel Choi (Richmond, Va.), Brandon Ramsuer (Richmond, Va.), Jacob Vanbecelaere (Olathe, Kan.), Peter Beegle (Midlothian, Va.) and Stefan Koster (Rotterdam, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refill closure system to be used with bulk refill containers and targeted refill bottles in which the closure system includes a pour cap and a funnel, the funnel being sealed to the pour cap in a closed or non-use state and detached from the pour cap in a use state wherein the...