ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,557, issued on June 24.

"Device for flavoring lightweight food products" was invented by Jeffery Allen Habenicht (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food product flavoring apparatus is provided. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a removable container configured to contain a flavor target, a means for agitating the flavor target, and a housing. The housing is configured to receive the agitated flavor target when the removable container is adjacent the housing such that the container opening is aligned with the housing opening. The apparatus further includes a means for applying a flavoring agent to the agitated flavor...