ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,298, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to APTAR DORTMUND GMBH (Dortmund, Germany).
"Dispensing device with locking mechanism" was invented by Swen Barenhoff (Bonen, Germany) and Guido Burmann (Dortmund, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing device for dispensing a fluid is proposed. The dispensing device has a conveying device for conveying the fluid from a container, which can be actuated by means of an actuating lever, the actuating lever being lockable against undesired actuation by means of a locking device. For unlocking, the actuating lever is preferably displaceably mounted. The dispensing device may additionally...