US Patent Issued on Jan. 20 for "Device and method for sorting small pieces of material into separate containers" (Vermont Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,721, issued on Jan. 20.

"Device and method for sorting small pieces of material into separate containers" was invented by Tom Caliandro (Weybridge, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for sorting small pieces of material into separate containers includes a top portion having lateral troughs, each including a bottom surface, at least a well therein, and at least a through opening in a bottom of the at least a well. The device includes a bottom portion including a substantially planar surface having a plurality of openings disposed therethrough and a plurality of sections of unbroken surface. Each opening of the plurality of op...