ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,980, issued on June 3, was assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Method of manufacturing an outer shell of a dispenser part" was invented by Zbigniew Jan Kuczynski (Bialystok, Poland) and Helio Marto Jose (Marihna Grande, Portugal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outer shell for a dispenser and a method for making same are provided, the outer shell including first and second injection molded plastic component parts. The first and second component parts each include an outer surface and an inner surface, with the first component part having a first mating surface directed to the outer surface of the f...