ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,904, issued on June 23, was assigned to BARALAN INTERNATIONAL S.P.A. (Trezzano sul Naviglio, Italy).
"Packaging device, in particular for a cosmetic product, provided with a removable bottle" was invented by Roland Baranes (Milan) and Maurizio Ficcadenti (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging device includes a case, a bottle to contain a product to be dispensed, and a dispenser assembly situated at the top of the case and configured to dispense the product contained in the bottle. The bottle is housed in a manner such that the bottle is removable from the case, and can be mechanically coupled, in a removable fashion...