US Patent Issued to Silgan Dispensing Systems Group on Oct. 6 for "Tamper-evident closure with tamper-evident strip and holding chamber for tamper-evident strip" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,979, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Silgan Dispensing Systems Group B.V. (Ede, Netherlands).

"Tamper-evident closure with tamper-evident strip and holding chamber for tamper-evident strip" was invented by Ruben Clerx (Zutphen, Netherlands), Sebastiaan Wilhelmus Josephus Den Boer (Twello, Netherlands), Willem Ramon (Putten, Netherlands) and Marcel Pater (Maarssen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure for a container includes a closure body and a lid hingedly connected to the closure body. A tamper-evident strip is connected to the closure body by at least one frangible connection. The tamper-evident strip is coupled ...