ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,184, issued on March 25, was assigned to Doskocil Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Arlington, Texas).
"Food container" was invented by Ryan Paxson (Elk Rapids, Mich.) and David Veness (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food container and its method of construction are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the food container includes a body and a lid assembly. The body has an interior space. The lid assembly lid assembly includes at least one slide part and a rotating part. The at least one slide part is configured to translate linearly when the rotating part is rotated by a user to cause the interior space to be sealed or unse...