ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,210, issued on May 20, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Liquid container" was invented by Naoya Okazaki (Hashima, Japan), Satoru Oki (Nagoya, Japan), Nanami Abe (Niigata, Japan) and Masahiro Hayashi (Nishio, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a liquid container including: a main body having an internal space configured to store liquid to be supplied to a tank of a liquid consuming apparatus; and a cap configured to be attached to the main body. The main body has: an upper surface, a nozzle projecting upward from the upper surface and having an opening formed in a forward end surface of the nozz...