US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on April 22 for "Wipe dispenser and methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,723, issued on April 22, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Wipe dispenser and methods" was invented by Kenneth Thomas Dobizl (Mounds View, Minn.), Joseph Steven Bons (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Sarah Elise Johnson (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Ariel Brier Chatman Kleczewski (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wipe dispenser for use in metering out consistent doses of a composition onto a disposable wipe includes a mixing and dispensing assembly. The assembly has a vessel holding a first liquid for the composition and a first pump to convey the first liquid. A bottle having a second pump to convey a second liquid o...