ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,454, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Avanelle Ventures LLC (Sheridan, Wyo.).
"Liquid dispensing apparatus and methods" was invented by David Phillip Starkey (Sandy, Utah), Alyssa Marie Kuhn (Sandy, Utah) and Michael Morgan Starkey (Kent, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid dispensing apparatus includes a container including a downwardly extending wall portion that defines a bottom opening through which a liquid in the container is dispensed; a valve; and an actuator connected to the valve for controlling dispensing of the fluid from the container. The actuator is movable along an axis between a dispensing position, in w...