ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,898, issued on June 16, was assigned to Trivium Packaging (Youngstown, Ohio).

"Bottle neck with protrusions for fastening a threaded cap" was invented by Thomas Chupak (West Middlesex, Pa.) and Mark Sanders (Hubbard, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottle comprising: a body having a closed bottom and an open neck; a plurality of protrusions extending outward radially from an outer surface of the neck; a cap having internal threads for screwing onto the open neck; wherein the internal threads engage the plurality of protrusions when the cap is screwed onto the neck."

The patent was filed on Aug. 10, 2022, under Application No. ...