ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,045, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CFS Brands LLC (Oklahoma City).
"Disposable lid dispenser assembly" was invented by Jodie Schoon (East Troy, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly and method of forming a dispenser assembly that is constructed to sequentially dispense respective container lids from a stack of container lids housed in the dispenser assembly. The dispenser assembly includes a housing that is generally defined by a base, a cover, a top, and a lid. A guide tube depends from the top and generally overlies a trap door that is operationally connected to an actuator assembly and a drive assembly. A separator ...