ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,703, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Lifelines LLC (Westport, Conn.).
"Aromatherapy case with rotatable hinge" was invented by Jeff Kalinoski (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Melissa Bernstein (Westport, Conn.) and Mauricio Issa (Rego Park, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aromatherapy device is formed by a top and bottom shell. Each shell is connected with a respective tray. The trays include interengaging male and female structures that allow the top and bottom shells to rotate about a rotation axis to open and close the device. On the tray connected with the bottom shell a scent emitter is held. The scent emitter is a porous object, suc...