US Patent Issued to COFFEE INNOVATIONS, LA MARZOCCO on March 25 for "Apparatus for frothing a quantity of milk" (Italian, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,862, issued on March 25, was assigned to COFFEE INNOVATIONS PTY LTD (Caulfield North, Australia) and LA MARZOCCO S.R.L. (Scarperia, Italy).

"Apparatus for frothing a quantity of milk" was invented by Ziv Shalev (Prahran, Australia) and Enrico Wurm (Scarperia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for frothing a quantity of milk for preparing a beverage comprises: a platform (1) for supporting a jug (50) containing the quantity of milk to be frothed and a steam wand (10) configured for emitting steam, wherein either the platform (1) is tiltable around a horizontal axis (X, Y) or the steam wand (10) is tiltable around a ho...