ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,188, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CAVAGNA GROUP S.P.A. (Calcinato, Italy).

"Protection device for a container for pressurized gas" was invented by Giancarlo Nicolini (Villanuova, Italy) and Elena Rossini (Calcinato, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protection device for a container for pressurized gas comprises a main body which is configured so as to at least partially close a valve body of the container and a coupling element being rotatably connected to the main body. The main body comprises an abutment element which extends in the direction away from the main body, the abutment element being configured in such a manne...