ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,559, issued on June 10, was assigned to UAB Baltic caps (Panevezys, Lithuania).
"Closure device" was invented by Matulis Arunas (Panevezys, Lithuania).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to closure devices with opening indication element for bottles with a threaded neck. The closure device for bottle having a neck, comprising a pour sleeve (10) made with the ability to be installed on the neck, a closed sleeve (1) with means of fixation on the pour sleeve (10), a sealing means (11), an open sleeve (3) and an indicator ring (5), wherein the closed sleeve (1) and the open sleeve (3) form a cavity (4), and the indicator ...