ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,356, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to MICRO MATIC A/S (Odense SV, Denmark).

"Beverage tapping column with removable tap and shell" was invented by Klaus Kaack (Odense N, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage delivery system including a dispensing column and a tap unit with a spout, wherein the tap unit is releasably connectable to the dispensing column. The dispensing column includes an elongated post and a removable elongated cladding component, the elongated cladding component receiving the elongated pos, wherein connecting the tap unit to the elongated post secures the cladding component to the elongated post and whe...