US Patent Issued to Hiketron on March 18 for "Metering apparatus for dispensing household, pool, and industrial fluids and methods for making and using same" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,723, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hiketron Inc. (Houston).

"Metering apparatus for dispensing household, pool, and industrial fluids and methods for making and using same" was invented by Aziz Hikem (Sealy, Texas) and Tara Lee Hikem (Sealy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses for dispensing household fluids including a handheld device or wand including a pump for dispensing one or more household fluids at a rate and for a time sufficient to dispense a pre-determined or variable amount of the fluids into an appliance, and to methods for making and using same. Apparatuses for dispensing pool chemicals including poo...