US Patent Issued to HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE on Nov. 4 for "Adapter for connecting a dispenser to a container" (Swiss, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,567, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Adapter for connecting a dispenser to a container" was invented by Ian James Matthews (Basel, Switzerland), Thomas Thueer (Basel, Switzerland) and Neil Bentley Cammish (Manchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter (1) for connecting a dispenser to a container having a neck with an interior passage comprises a body portion (2) with a container end (27) and a dispenser end (23, 25) opposite to the container end (27). The body portion (2) has a longitudinal axis (21) centrally extending between the dispenser end (23, 25) and the co...