ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,286, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to VITOP MOULDING S.R.L. (Alessandria, Italy).
"Anti-tampering liquid dispensing tap by opening an integrated and manually bound anti-counterfeit seal" was invented by Diego Nini (Alessandria, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments relate to a liquid dispensing tap, comprising: a containment body; an internal valve or elastic dome membrane contained within the body; a driving element partially contained within the body and operatively coupled to the internal valve or membrane to enable/disable a supply of liquid from the tap; and a cap placed above the body to cover the tap, the c...