US Patent Issued to Silgan Dispensing Systems Slatersville on Oct. 6 for "Self-venting closure" (Rhode Island, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,986, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Silgan Dispensing Systems Slatersville LLC (Slatersville, R.I.).

"Self-venting closure" was invented by James E. Scotton (Foxborogh, Mass.) and Patrick J. Brannon (Warwick, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-venting closure assembly includes a closure body having a deck with a peripheral mounting skirt and an annular seal on an underside of the deck adjacent to the peripheral mounting skirt. The closure body further includes a circular valve seat within the center portion of the deck, and a plurality of vent openings circumferentially spaced within the valve seat. An elastomeric umbrella ...