ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,186, issued on June 16, was assigned to THE CLOROX COMPANY (Oakland, Calif.).

"Apparatus for use with multiple coupleable accessories" was invented by Li Zhang (Pleasanton, Calif.), Benjamin Ma (Pleasanton, Calif.), Paolo Contiero (Spinetta Marengo, Italy) and Massimo Repetto (Spinetta Marengo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus including a body, such as a bottle, that has an inner chamber or receptacle. The apparatus includes an accessory that is removably coupleable to the body. In one embodiment, the accessory can be a cap. In another embodiment, the accessory can be a dispensing mechanism. In yet another embodiment...