ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,073, issued on July 15, was assigned to GloryMakeup Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Pod assembly for automated skin spray delivery" was invented by Daniel Ariel Donohue (Miami) and Ming-Hui Chien (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pod includes a container piece to store a skin spray product. The container piece has a curved bottom and a bottom peg that protrudes downwards to attach the pod to a disk. A cover piece securely covers the container piece when the pod is closed. The cover piece includes an air inlet peg that protrudes sideways to attach the pod to the disk. The air inlet peg has a valveless center opening to receive ...