ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,385, issued on May 6.
"Food shaking seasoning apparatus and associated non-fungible token" was invented by Maurice Dillard (Humble, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of an Easy Shaker may comprise a container, a sleeve, and a lid for use in distributing seasonings and flavorings for foodstuffs. One embodiment of an Easy Shaker may comprise a container and a sleeve. Another embodiment of an Easy Shaker may comprise a sleeve with an elastic band. An Easy Shaker may have token linking information associated therewith, in some embodiments, embedded in a two-dimensional data matrix (e.g., a QR code). A user may obtain ac...