US Patent Issued to Inline Plastics on July 21 for "Containers covers and methods of using the same" (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,534, issued on July 21, was assigned to Inline Plastics Corp. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Containers covers and methods of using the same" was invented by Herb Knutson (Waterbury, Conn.), Tanner Buxton (New Haven, Conn.), James Davis Smith IV (Prospect, Conn.), David Demar (Edgewater, N.J.), Keith Kristiansen (Stratford, Conn.), Roland Charriez (Plattekill, N.Y.) and Thomas Van Dyk (Ramsey, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover for a container that includes a lid portion and a collar element. The lid portion having a main body section surrounded by a peripheral sealing shoulder. The collar element having a peripheral collar sealing shou...