ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,986, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Shameeka Brown (Brockton, Mass.).

"Combination fluid dispenser and scalp massager" was invented by Shameeka Brown (Brockton, Mass.) and Eugene Harris (Brockton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scalp massager that simultaneously dispenses fluid is provided. A reservoir of fluid is fluidly coupled to a plurality of dispensing conduits, wherein each dispensing conduit is operatively associated with a resilient leg so that the outlet of the dispensing conduit is adjacent the distal end of the resilient leg. Both the resilient leg and the dispensing conduit each terminate at two adjacent poin...