ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,485, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).
"Closure assembly for a container and container having a closure assembly" was invented by Martina Linguiti (Modena, Italy), Angelo Sorbara (Rubiera, Italy), Franco Cani (Asti, Italy), Tiziano Viani (Bibbiano, Italy) and Luca Gori (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure assembly for a container filled or fillable with a pourable product comprising at least a lid having a first rim, a ring member having a second rim facing the first rim and one or more coupling elements, each one being connected to the first rim and to th...