US Patent Issued to Silgan White Cap on May 26 for "Closure multiple flexing hinge" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,263, issued on May 26, was assigned to Silgan White Cap LLC (Downers Grove, Ill.).

"Closure multiple flexing hinge" was invented by Gary L. Berge (Crystal Lake, Ill.), Sungsuk Steve Kim (Batavia, Ill.) and Dustin S. Vance (Lombard, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure includes a body and a cap flexible coupled to the body via a hinge. The cap actuates between an open position and a closed position with respect to the body via deflecting at the hinge, which includes more than one location that deflects as the cap is being opened and closed."

The patent was filed on March 7, 2024, under Application No. 18/598,296.

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