US Patent Issued to VINVENTIONS USA on July 1 for "Closure for a product-retaining container" (Dutch, Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,917, issued on July 1, was assigned to VINVENTIONS USA LLC (Zebulon, N.C.).

"Closure for a product-retaining container" was invented by Floriane Marie Gabrielle Morel (Marcq en Baroeul, France), Olav Marcus Aagaard (Rotterdam, Netherlands) and Marc Anton Charles Thometschek (Zandvoorde, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure for a product-retaining container is constructed for being inserted and securely retained in a portal-forming neck of said container. The closure comprises: a plastic material comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer; a plurality of particles comprising cork; and at least one processing aid. Optiona...