ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,544, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to General Mills Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Food container with resealable cap" was invented by Emil Bogdanov (Excelsior, Minn.), Bradley Hannah (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), Mary K. Lash (Minneapolis), James Popp (Minneapolis) and Joseph M. Touchet (Robbinsdale, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food container includes a main plastic body terminating in an upper rim having a ledge portion, a resealable cap configured to seal against the ledge portion when snap-connected to the upper rim and an externally visible tamper indicator integrated into the container body below the upper rim. The cap includes an ...