US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on Nov. 3 for "Consumer products and methods for operating the same" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,491, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Consumer products and methods for operating the same" was invented by Laurens Beelen (Mechelen, Belgium), Joseph Bohache (Milford, Ohio), Matthew Corcoran (Cincinnati) and Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte (Astene, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A consumer product including a container and a detergent product contained therein, the container including: a box and a lid). A lock maintains the lid in a closed position. The lock includes an actuator releasably engaging the lid. The actuator may be actuated by applying an actuation pressure at an actuati...