ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,308, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cintas Corporate Services Inc. (Cincinnati).
"Feminine product disposal system and associated method" was invented by Richard R. Bing (West Chester, Ohio), Megan Kathryn Helms (Hamilton, Ohio), David Steven Mesko (Wyoming, Ohio), Emily Yeager (Fort Thomas, Ky.), Pil Ho Chung (Palisades Park, N.J.), Joshua Meador (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Marco Perry (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Brooke Williams (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitary product disposal container includes a container housing having a movable housing top cover. A cover hinge assembly allows the top cover to pivot between open and closed...