ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,993, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Liquid container" was invented by Akira Shiba (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid container to be mounted on a liquid discharge apparatus includes a casing, a pouch, and a spout. The pouch is removable and contained in the casing. The spout is connected to the pouch. The casing has a rigidity that is higher than a rigidity of the pouch. The pouch and the spout each have a dimension in a direction of gravity in a posture of the liquid container that is taken when the liquid container is mounted on the liquid discharge apparatus, and the dimension of the spout is l...