ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,348, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SENSORY CLOUD INC. (Boston).
"Apparatus for use in aerosol delivery" was invented by Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, Calif.), Zu-Ning Chen (San Francisco) and Emerson Holladay (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for use in aerosol delivery has a housing with a first rigid shell; a second rigid shell; and a deformable band coupling the first and the second rigid shells together to allow axial translation therebetween while advantageously preventing the ingress of debris or other contaminants into the housing. The housing has a cavity sized to accommodate a spray bottle there...