ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,042, issued on May 20.

"Exclusive dual-gated dispenser" was invented by Simon Sitwell (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosures provides a dispensing device, comprising: a feeder portion configured to couple with a reservoir portion storing a material to be dispensed and to receive the material from the reservoir portion; a first rotatable gate disposed at an end of the feeder portion opposite the reservoir portion; an adjustable-volume measuring chamber disposed at an outlet side of the first rotatable gate; and a second rotatable gate disposed at an end of the adjustable-volume measuring chamber opposite the f...