ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,626, issued on April 15, was assigned to BD KIESTRA B.V. (Drachten, Netherlands).

"Self-actuating mechanically-biased container restraint" was invented by Jurjen Sinnema (Joure, Netherlands) and Franciscus Feijen (Leeuwarden, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a self-actuating, mechanically-biased container restraint. The system requires no computer-aided control or timing, nor is any external power source needed, other than the force exerted as a container is inserted into the restraint. The system relies upon an assembly including mechanically-biased pivoting levers, each of which has a horizontal ele...