ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,634, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to LINDAL FRANCE SAS (Val de Briey, France).

"ON/OFF type diffuser" was invented by Herve Bodet (Verdun, France) and Eric Gaillard (Dieue-sur-Meuse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The dispensing device (1) fora pressurized container has a base (10) and a cap (20). The cap (20) is mounted on the base (10) so that it is rotatable between an unlocked position and a locked position. An indicator indicate the relative position of the cap (20) with respect to the base (10). The indicator is constituted by a notch (113) made in the base (10) and by an information wall (24) placed in the cap (20), ...