ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,803, issued on May 12, was assigned to AMTROL LICENSING INC. (West Warwick, R.I.).

"Handle assembly for a portable pressurized gas cylinder" was invented by Carlos Aguiar (Oporto, Portugal), Filipe Pedrosa (Matosinhos, Portugal) and Tiago Teixeira Rego de Oliveira (Oporto, Portugal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a handle assembly for a cylinder. The handle assembly includes a handle support configured to couple to a valve of the cylinder. The handle support includes a body having first and second ends circumferentially spaced from one another to define a gap and a longitudinal passage opening to a top and bottom of the bod...