ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,079, issued on June 17, was assigned to HYCP LLC (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
"Squirting toy" was invented by Huiying Fu (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A squirting toy including a cap and a body. The body includes a reservoir and a neck, enclosed by an outer wall of varying thickness. Closures are provided on the neck to engage complementary closures on the cap. The cap includes a wall of varying thickness and one or more apertures. The coupling between the body and cap facilitates maintaining the cap coupled to the body under pressure and impact. Segments of the outer walls having increased thickness improve impact resistance a...