ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,022, issued on July 21, was assigned to YOSHINO KOGYOSHO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Trigger-type liquid sprayer" was invented by Kota Sakata (Tokyo) and Kotaro Fujiwara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a trigger-type liquid sprayer (1) including a sprayer body (2) and a nozzle member (3) provided with a spray hole (4) through which liquid is sprayed. The sprayer body (2) includes a vertical feed tube portion (10), a connecting tube portion (20), a sealing plug (110), a trigger mechanism (80), a reservoir cylinder (40), a reservoir plunger (50), and a recovery mechanism (160). The recovery mechanism (160) is prov...