ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,697, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CRYSTAL INTERNATIONAL (GROUP) INC. (Scarborough, Canada).
"Free flow powder container" was invented by Roger Ting Chih Hwang (Maple, Canada), Stephen M. Fisher II (Sherman, Conn.) and William Lloyd Alusitz (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic powder container is disclosed herein. The cosmetic powder container has a lid and a receptacle configured to be closed by the lid. The receptacle has a receptacle body. The receptacle body has a bottom and a sidewall partially bounding a powder reservoir. The receptacle body has opening separated from the bottom by the sidewa...