ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,442, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KOSE Corp. (Tokyo).
"Covered container for liquid cosmetic" was invented by Koji Yamada (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lotion container has a lid such that a lid member reliably fits on a pump body and is held thereon when the lid is closed. The lid member is easily opened by lifting the lid relative to a container body during a lid opening operation, and the pump body and the lid member are prevented from rotating together even when the lid member is rotated relative to the container body. The pump body is provided with a cylindrical outer side wall surface having a spherical engaging p...