ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,527, issued on July 21, was assigned to BERICAP Holding GmbH (Budenheim, Germany).
"Tethered closure device with stabilised connecting element" was invented by Alexander Krautkramer (Budenheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure device for a container, particularly a carton package, is provided. The closure device includes a basic member having a pouring channel extending along a closure axis with an inlet opening and a pouring opening, and a closure cap having a cap cover and a cap skirt adjoining the cap cover circumferentially and extending axially. The closure cap and the basic member are configured such that the cl...