ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,608, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Silgan White Cap LLC (Downers Grove, Ill.).
"Protrusion on container neck" was invented by Richard D. Lohrman (Montgomery, Ill.) and John D. Guio (Geneva, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protrusion on a container neck is provided. The protrusion is configured to interface with hinged, tethered closures to bias the body of the closure away from the container neck."
The patent was filed on Nov. 28, 2022, under Application No. 18/059,215.
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