ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,652, issued on March 24, was assigned to SmartSeal AS (Stavanger, Norway).
"Sealing unit for a liquid container" was invented by Jeroen Gerrit Anton Gebbink (Helmond, Netherlands) and Rune Kristian Knutsen (Stavanger, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing unit comprising a male and a female sealing unit portion (300, 200) are provided for selectively sealing and opening a liquid container (100). The female sealing unit portion comprises a tubular element (210, 410) comprising a liquid passage (211) configured to be fixedly positioned relative to the container and a valve (220) with a tubular valve portion (229) axially mov...