US Patent Issued to NIPPON CLOSURES on Sept. 1 for "Hinge cap" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,857, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to NIPPON CLOSURES Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Hinge cap" was invented by Yusuke Okubo (Kanagawa, Japan), Takashi Sugiyama (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masaharu Ezaki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge cap includes a body and an upper lid connected to each other by a hinge. The body includes a top board and a side wall extending perpendicularly downward from a periphery of the top board. The top board includes a planned opening defined by a weakened portion and a discharge nozzle formed to surround the planned opening. The upper lid includes a top panel and a skirt extending perpendicularly d...