ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,371, issued on July 22, was assigned to Little Kids Inc. (Seekonk, Mass.).
"Soap foam generating machine" was invented by Michael Petrarca (Chepachet, R.I.) and Michael Fusco (Greenville, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an improved machine for generating soap foam that includes a single drive, such an electric motor or human-driven crank that simultaneously drives both a pump, such a peristaltic pump, and a blower. Soap solution is delivered in front of the blower in a waterfall-like manner by gravity so it can be urged through a fine mesh fabric screen to introduce air for the formation of soap foam. The m...