ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,630, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SAMHWA Co. LTD (Uiwang-si, South Korea).
"Compact container capable of preventing mesh contamination" was invented by Kyungchang Lee (Uiwang-si, South Korea) and Dong Ju Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact container that can protect the mesh from contamination by leakage during distribution is described. The compact container can include: a container body having a first and a second side wall; an auxiliary ring that includes a support flange and a coupling rim, where the support flange protrudes inward, and where the coupling rim extends downward from the suppo...