ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,616, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Israel).
"Container with a lid-collar assembly" was invented by Spencer Beaufore (Dublin, Ohio) and Kyle Demmink (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container (100) having a main body (104) including one or more sidewalls (106) having an interior surface (120) and an exterior surface (122) and defining an interior compartment (108), the one or more sidewalls having an upper portion (114) defining a circular opening (110) to the interior compartment and an annular flange (128) extending from the exterior surface and a lid-collar assembly (112, 116) ...