ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,980, issued on June 23, was assigned to Lava Wash Ltd (London).
"Device and apparatus" was invented by Theodore James Leece Todd (London) and Rory Clifford Tippetts Taylor (Swindon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device. The device is for cleaning a receptacle that is at least partly open-ended at one end and having an interior space defined by an interior wall. The device is capable of cleaning at least a part of the interior wall of the receptacle. The device has a receiving component for receiving and holding the receptacle to allow for the cleaning of at least the part of the inter...