ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,915, issued on March 31, was assigned to VITOP MOULDING S.R.L. (Italy).
"Dispensing tap equipped with flexible internal valve" was invented by Diego Nini (Alessandria, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tap (1) for dispensing liquids from a container is described, comprising a main body (3) adapted to be placed at the dispensing end of the container and comprising an integrated tamper-evident guarantee ring (3.1) which can be removed in a first opening step of the tap (1), a valve (5) inserted between a lower fixing body (4) and the main body (3), including slits (5.2) for the penetration of a dispensing dart (6), the lower fixi...