ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,614, issued on Oct. 21.

"Apparatus for transferring herb material from a grinder" was invented by Charlton Karlowsky (St. Agathe, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer device for material such as cannabis is provided for use with a grinding device and includes a flexible sheet material formed or molded around a hollow interior to define a generally tubular body which has a base wall and two side walls standing upwardly from the base wall. One end of the generally tubular body forms a scraper edge where the sides are recessed to form a shovel area over the base. The other end of the body forms a pinch end where the side wal...