ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,693, issued on July 15, was assigned to Silgan White Cap LLC (Downers Grove, Ill.).
"Tethered, hinged closure" was invented by Richard D. Lohrman (Montgomery, Ill.), Sungsuk Steve Kim (Batavia, Ill.), Gary L. Berge (Crystal Lake, Ill.), Dustin Vance (Lombard, Ill.) and Darren R. Neputy (Palos Hills, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure includes a cap having a top wall and a skirt perpendicular to the top wall and extending downwardly from the top wall to a lower edge. The skirt includes an inner surface having a sealing formation. A band is concentric with and attached to the lower edge of the skirt by a plurality of frangib...