ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,867, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Orb Music Inc. (Bethany, Canada).

"Aerophone instrument using air-filled object" was invented by Jamus Adrian MacDonald (San Francisco) and Adam Jason Bagatavicius (Bethany, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for assembling an aerophone instrument including an air conduit with first and second ends and segments to provide an air passage; air inlets on the air conduit to create an air entry point for compressed air to be delivered into the air passage, air outlets on the air conduit to create an air exit point for the release of compressed air along the air pathways, each defined...