ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,241, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Toner container and image forming system" was invented by Mitsuhiro Sato (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Munetsugu (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masaaki Sato (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner container includes a bag body, a coupling member, and a discharge member. The bag body includes a side portion and has, formed in the bag body, storage space configured to store toner and having flexibility. The coupling member is coupled with an opening of the bag body. The discharge member discharges the toner stored in the storage space. The side portion extends in a first direction...