US Patent Issued to Plastipak Packaging on Aug. 11 for "Metal lug closure with plug" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,540, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Plastipak Packaging Inc. (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Metal lug closure with plug" was invented by Marc A. Pedmo (Litchfield, Ohio) and Andrew Fischer (Medina, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure is configured to mate with the neck finish of a container. In embodiments, the closure includes an outer wall portion; an upper surface portion; a plug portion including an inner diameter portion; and a plurality of lugs configured to engage a neck finish of the container. In embodiments, a portion of the plug portion engages an inner diameter portion of an upper portion of the neck finish of the cont...