ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,638, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Cap assembly and bottle assembly" was invented by Pan Zhou (Shanghai), Guilin Kuang (Shanghai) and Hui Huang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a cap assembly and a bottle assembly. The cap assembly is configured to lock a bottle. The bottle includes a bottle head having at least one lock accommodating portion and comprises a bottle body. The cap assembly includes a cap, an elastic arm and at least one lock portion. The cap defines an annular receiving portion having an opening facing downward, and the bottle hea...