ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,884, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to HACHIMAN-KASEI Co. LTD. (Gifu, Japan).
"Watering can" was invented by Katsuro Takagaki (Gujo, Japan) and Tetsuya Yamauchi (Gujo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The watering can 2 includes: a water storage 30 with a bottomed tubular shape including a bottom wall 31 and a side wall 32; and a spout 10 communicating with the water storage and allowing water to flow out of the water storage. The flow channel 15 of the spout has a plurality of recessed grooves 15g extending in parallel in a direction of water flow. A handle 50 is orthogonal to a front-rear direction in which the spout extends, ...