US Patent Issued to Conopco on April 7 for "Closure" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,095, issued on April 7, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Hoboken, N.J.).

"Closure" was invented by Slavica Cesare (Trumbull, Conn.) and Gregory Lalier (Brookfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved snap-on/twist off closure which is very durable. The invention is also directed to a package comprising the closure, e.g., a bottle in combination with the closure. The closure includes an upper wall defining an opening and a cylindrical snap on pipe depending from the upper wall. The pipe includes threads designed to mate with external threads on a neck of the bottle. The threads on the pipe and threads on the neck of the bott...