US Patent Issued on March 4 for "Lid for dispensing measured powder amounts" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,655, issued on March 4.

"Lid for dispensing measured powder amounts" was invented by Goktug Duman (Miami) and Jorge Luis Garcia (Plantation, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing lid assembly having a lid portion that seals off the opening of the container but for an aperture and a centrally disposed interface void. The lid portion provides an integrated, external measuring spout in communication with the aperture. A dial portion may be rotatably coupled to the lid portion so that they rotate independent of each other. The dial portion is operatively associated with a diaphragm disposed under the lid portion so that rotati...