ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,333, issued on Nov. 11.
"Collector for liquids" was invented by Giorgio Mezzoli (Lugo, Italy) and Maria Rani (Lugo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collector (1) for liquids provided with a first funnel-shaped body (10) delimited at the top by an annular edge (12) and provided at the bottom with an outlet (11) for liquids and with coupling means (100) for removable collection members (102) of the liquids from the outlet (11); a first front wall (120) and a second rear wall (122) carried in a hydraulically sealed manner by the annular edge (12) between two sides (124) of the first body (10) and mutually facing one another; the ...