ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,864, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Liquid container and disassembling method of liquid container" was invented by Kiyoteru Katsuki (Azumino, Japan), Suguru Tomii (Shiojiri, Japan) and Sayaka Shiratori (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid container has a case that stores a liquid pack. The case includes a case body having a bottomed cylindrical shape with an opening at one end, and a lid member that covers the opening of the case body. The case includes a plurality of fitting claws that is provided in one of the lid member and the case body, and a plurality of fitted portions that is ...