ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,772, issued on April 29, was assigned to Silgan Dispensing Systems Le Treport S.A.S. (Le Treport, France).

"Foam dispensing system having multiple valves for a dispenser, and associated foam dispenser" was invented by Eric Rossignol (Chalon sur Saone, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention proposes a foam dispensing system for a dispenser comprising a reservoir storing cosmetic product, said system comprising a product pump and an air pump, said product pump comprising a variable volume product metering chamber (13) defined at least partly by a deformable element (2), said system comprising at least five valves referred t...