ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,264, issued on May 26, was assigned to Silgan White Cap LLC (Downers Grove, Ill.).
"Tethered flip closure" was invented by Gary L. Berge (Crystal Lake, Ill.) and Thomas P. Hennessy (Naperville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure includes a hinged sealing element including a top wall and a first skirt. The first skirt has a sealing formation allowing engagement of a mating sealing formation of a bottle. A second skirt has an attachment formation engageable with a mating attachment formation of the bottle. A plurality of frangible members is attached to each of the skirts. A pair of hinge members is attached between the first...