ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,380, issued on July 21, was assigned to GLASPRAY ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tainan City, Taiwan).

"Cosmetic container" was invented by Chia-Te Chen (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic container has an outer receptacle, a refill receptacle detachably disposed in the outer receptacle, a seal closing the refill receptacle, and an outer cap closing the outer receptacle. The outer receptacle has a rim formed around an upper opening thereof and multiple engaging blocks formed on an internal peripheral surface of the rim. The refill receptacle has multiple holding portions and has multiple engaging rece...