US Patent Issued to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance on Nov. 18 for "Lid-spout assembly for a package and package having a lid-spout assembly" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,123, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Lid-spout assembly for a package and package having a lid-spout assembly" was invented by Maurizio Filippini (Modena, Italy) and Francesca Tavoni (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid-spout assembly for a package having a main body comprising a designated pour opening and being filled with a pourable product. The lid-spout assembly comprises at least a spout having a pouring outlet, a lid configured to selectively close and open the pouring outlet and a tethering element tethering the lid to the spout and/or the main body....