ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,197, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SWIMC LLC (Cleveland).
"Coating material container" was invented by Michael C. Lambertson Jr. (Aurora, Ohio), Marcelo G. Orchon (Cleveland), Connie M. McKinney (Hudson, Ohio) and Charles T. Buckel Jr. (Valley City, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a container including a container body, a bail removably attached to the container body, a lid removably attached to a top of the container body, and a flexible band attached to the container body. The flexible band is movable between a first position spaced a first distance from the rear, a second position spaced a second distance from...