US Patent Issued to APTAR FRANCE on Aug. 25 for "Dose counter for a device for dispensing a fluid or powder product" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,762, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to APTAR FRANCE SAS (Le Neubourg, France).

"Dose counter for a device for dispensing a fluid or powder product" was invented by David Fabien (Saint Renan, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A counter having an actuating element (20) and a counting element (30) with toothing (32), the actuating element axially movable along an axis (X) between a rest position and an actuation position, the counting element mounted to rotate on an axis perpendicular to the axis (X). The actuating element has a first flexible tab (21) engaging the toothing to rotate the counting element in a counting direction whe...