ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,291, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to BOTI GLOBAL Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Container inflator system and a method for inflating a balloon" was invented by Steve Perrin (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container inflator system (100) includes a suction chamber (102) arranged to expand the container within the suction chamber (102) while maintaining at least one opening for accessing the container; an inflation device (104) arranged to further inflate the container when the container is removed from the suction chamber (102); and a delivery valve (302) arranged to seal the container so as to maintain the expanded...