US Patent Issued to RIEKE on Oct. 20 for "Container and closure systems with flame mitigation" (Illinois, Ohio, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,350, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to RIEKE LLC (Auburn, Ind.).

"Container and closure systems with flame mitigation" was invented by Ronald Kieras (McHenry, Ill.), Jeff Greenfield (Auburn, Ohio) and Gary Baughman (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flame mitigation devices meeting all applicable regulatory requirements are described. The system includes a mesh element affixed to a closure fitment that is specially designed to couple to a rounded bead or edges on a container neck. Tamper-evident and child resistant features can be incorporated at the interfaces of the closure fitment and a cap that is removably attacha...