ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,457, issued on July 1, was assigned to THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Can tap" was invented by Mary E. Koban (Chadds Ford, Pa.), Stephen James Ferraioli (Thorndale, Pa.), Lewis Robert Jewell (Townsend, Del.), Anthony F. Stasio (Newark, Del.) and Roderic Nathan Uphaus (Troy, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are can taps for dispensing fluids from containers. The can tap has a housing with an inlet and an outlet, and a pin. The pin has a flow portion in fluidic communication with the inlet and the outlet of the housing. The pin may have a blunt depressor capable of operating a valve on the container. The f...