US Patent Issued to Silgan Dispensing Systems on Jan. 20 for "Hose end sprayers and methods of manufacturing the same" (Virginia, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,095, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Silgan Dispensing Systems Corp. (Richmond, Va.).

"Hose end sprayers and methods of manufacturing the same" was invented by Brandon Ramsuer (Henrico, Va.) and Jacob Vanbecelaere (Olathe, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing system including a hose-end-sprayer having a sprayer body assembled with a selected valve having a lever to selectively operate the hose-end-sprayer and a shipping clip capable of retaining the valve in a closed position during shipping; methods for manufacturing and assembling the same using a single sprayer body with multiple valve configurations."

The patent w...