ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,542, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CLOSURE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC. (Indianapolis).
"Closure and package with closure" was invented by Robert H. Owen (Crawfordsville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymeric closure assembly includes inner and outer shells. The inner shell includes a top wall portion and a skirt portion. The top wall portion of the inner shell forms a recess and includes ratchet teeth. The outer shell includes a top wall portion and a skirt portion. The top wall portion of the outer shell includes inner and outer portions. The outer portion of the outer shell is detachably connected to the inner portion...