ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,042, issued on July 28, was assigned to RE-LID ENGINEERING AG (Ruggell, Liechtenstein).

"Can lid, can and method for manufacturing a can lid" was invented by Christian Schandl (Wiener Neustadt, Austria) and Alois Buhler (Triesen, Liechtenstein).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A can lid includes at least one lid panel having at least one pouring opening, an actuating element disposed on an upper side of the lid panel, and a closure element disposed on a lower side of the lid panel. The closure element is fastened to the actuating element by a connection and is movable by the actuating element between a closed position, in which the clos...