ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,758, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DIVERSEY INC. (Fort Mill, S.C.).
"Valve interconnector" was invented by Lambertus Van Der Heijden (Bunnick, Netherlands) and Derk Reilink (Bosch en Duin, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve interconnector, suitable for use in combination with a receiver interconnector to couple a first hollow body to a second hollow body, is disclosed. The valve interconnector comprises a neck (7) to be secured to the first hollow body and further comprises a base cap (8) comprising an exterior tube portion (85) covering at least a portion of the external surface (7s) of the neck (7). The exterior ...