US Patent Issued to Silgan White Cap on March 18 for "Tethered, hinged closure with modified primary slit" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,304, issued on March 18, was assigned to Silgan White Cap LLC (Downers Grove, Ill.).

"Tethered, hinged closure with modified primary slit" was invented by Richard D. Lohrman (Montgomery, 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 frangible members. A tab is formed at a hinge location from the band extending from the lower edge of the skirt to one o...