US Patent Issued to Nypro on March 24 for "Tethered cap and spout" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,647, issued on March 24, was assigned to Nypro Inc. (Clinton, Mass.).

"Tethered cap and spout" was invented by Jeffrey C. Minnette (Clinton, Mass.) and Ryan P. Davidson (Clinton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are tethered cap and spout combinations. The tethered cap and spout combinations prevent loss of the cap after opening. The tethered cap and spout combinations may provide mechanisms for puncturing or opening a seal that may be present at a throat or neck of the container which provides both an anti-tampering and freshness function. In an implementation, the tethered cap and spout combinations may provid...