US Patent Issued to Weener Plastics Group on Jan. 13 for "Closure with a locking rim having a sealing rib" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,406, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Weener Plastics Group B.V. (Ede, Netherlands).

"Closure with a locking rim having a sealing rib" was invented by Antonetta Johanna Maria Schoenmakers (Udenhout, Netherlands), Henricus Johannes Cornelius Nuijen (Linden, Netherlands) and Dennis Antonius Wilhelmus Maria van Meurs ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure includes an annular base to be fixed to an upper rim of a container and a lid moveable relative to the annular base between a closed position and an open position. The annular base includes a peripheral skirt with an integral non-removable end portion...