ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,859, issued on Oct. 14.
"System and method for refilling a bottle with viscous liquid" was invented by Jean-Philippe Lamboux (Louviers, France) and Loic Bouet (Louviers, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System for recharging with viscous liquid a bottle to be recharged from a source bottle inverted above the aperture of the bottle, comprising: a liquid passage opening out through one end inside the bottle, a distinct air passage, which extends from the bottle to the bottle and putting into communication the interior of the bottle and the bottom of the bottle for the rise of air towards the latter, while liquid is transferred fro...