US Patent Issued to Chiaro Technology on June 3 for "Passive milk collection vessel" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,531, issued on June 3, was assigned to Chiaro Technology Ltd. (London).

"Passive milk collection vessel" was invented by Jonathan O'Toole (Bristol, Great Britain), Andrew Carr (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Nick Sardar (London), Clare Larkspur (Bristol, Great Britain), Paul Reid (Bristol, Great Britain), Emma Morris (Bristol, Great Britain) and Edward Sims (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passive milk collection device for storing milk comprises a flexible inner member including a nipple hole for receiving a nipple, and in which, in use, part of the rear surface of the inner member is configured to securely seal o...