US Patent Issued to Weener Plastics Group on March 25 for "Closure with bonded tamper evidence" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,183, issued on March 25, was assigned to Weener Plastics Group B.V. (Ede, Netherlands).

"Closure with bonded tamper evidence" was invented by Dennis Antonius Wilhelmus Maria van Meurs ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) and Antonetta Johanna Maria Schoenmakers (Udenhout, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure for a container includes an annular base to be fixed to the upper rim of a container and a lid. The lid is adapted to be moved to an open position, in which access is gained to the container. A locking member is attached to the base and to the lid so as to lock the lid relative to the base such that movement of the li...