ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,548, issued on April 14, was assigned to KYORAKU Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Hard container and device comprising same" was invented by Takayuki Kato (Yamato, Japan), Takeru Sano (Yamato, Japan) and Kentaro Uchihashi (Yamato, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a hard container capable of appropriately discharging or spraying content. The present invention provides a resin-made hard container for use with a suction device attached thereto that is configured to discharge or spray suctioned content. The hard container is provided with a container body having an outer shell and an inner bag. The container body is configured ...