US Patent Issued to King Technology on Nov. 3 for "Inline dispenser system" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,697, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to King Technology Inc. (Minnetonka, Minn.).

"Inline dispenser system" was invented by Eric Barton (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Jeffrey D Johnson (Edina, Minn.) and Darrin M Swagel (Minnetonka, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing system comprising a housing supporting a first cartridge and a second dispensing cartridge where the first cartridge is positionable in a first compartment of the housing but not in a second compartment of the housing to prevent a change in an axial position of the first cartridge and the second dispensing when a cartridge is replaced in the housing."

The patent wa...