ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,253, issued on April 15, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Liquid storage container and liquid ejection apparatus" was invented by Masatoshi Ohira (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shinichi Miyauchi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to provide a liquid storage container capable of reducing the possibility of dispersion of liquid in a case where a lid member is detached. The lid member has a covering portion capable of covering the opening and a knob portion protruding from the covering portion in a direction in which the knob portion becomes more distant from the opening. The covering portion can deform into a convex...