ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,348, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SONOCO DEVELOPMENT INC. (Hartsville, S.C.).
"Resealable film" was invented by Scott William Huffer (Hartsville, S.C.) and Rod Pettis (Elgin, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a resealable container comprising: a polyethylene terephthalate-based container body comprising a bottom side and at least one upwardly extending sidewall, wherein the sidewall terminates in an open end of the container; a flexible film sealed to the container body, over the open end of the container, wherein the flexible film comprises: a polyethylene-based first film layer; a pressure s...