ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,149, issued on May 27.
"Combined food container with sauce dispenser" was invented by Arnulfo Curiel (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Nicholas Anthony Curiel (Chandler, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved food storage system that includes a food container having an open and closed, a food-supporting chamber, a removable cover enclosing the open end of the food container, at least one sauce dispensable housing supported by and extending through a portion of the cover with the sauce dispensable housing including a sauce-supporting interior, a sauce dispensing end located within the food-supporting chamber and a sauce fillable open ...