ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,289, issued on May 5, was assigned to APR Beauty Group Inc. (Richmond Hill, Canada).

"Cosmetic package with dual dispensing of a fluid product" was invented by Min-Yan Zheng (Richmond Hill, Canada) and Feng-Ying Fu (Markham, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic package for dual dispensing of a fluid product. The cosmetic package includes a container body for storing the product, a pumping member with a product suction tube for transferring the product, and a pump support body for supporting the pumping member. A button and dispensing member, located at an upper end of the pumping member, discharges the product through a dis...