ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,565, issued on July 29.
"System and method for refilling a container with liquid" was invented by Jean-Philippe Lamboux (Louviers, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System for refilling with liquid a second inverted bottle disposed above a first bottle containing liquid via a filling interface, disposed between the two bottles, comprising a valve in two elastically deformable parts. Depending on the intensity of the application of a downward vertical force on the second bottle, the pump of this bottle is first depressed to open the vent under a first force, and, then, the valve deforms elastically under a second, more intense for...