US Patent Issued to H. J. Heinz Company Brands on Nov. 3 for "Container, closure, and methods for manufacture" (Dutch, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,507, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to H. J. Heinz Co. Brands LLC (Pittsburgh).

"Container, closure, and methods for manufacture" was invented by Balint Hiltser (Lent, Netherlands), Guus Lueb (Bennekom, Netherlands), Thomas Cox (Norwich, Great Britain) and Jamie Fox (Norwich, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provided herein are useful for dispensing a fluid, such as a thixotropic fluid. In some embodiments, a bottle having a closure cap includes a flip top, a base, and a disk, where the base and disk define a mixing chamber configured to facilitate mixing of any serum or liquid ...