ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,886, issued on March 11, was assigned to HANGZHOU GREAT STAR INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Container lid" was invented by Yueming Li (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container lid is provided. The container lid comprises a lid body and an outlet lid. The lid body is provided with a liquid outlet; and the outlet lid is movably connected to the container lid, and configured to define a closed state, an opened state, and a detachable state of the container lid. When the container lid is in the closed state, the liquid outlet is closed, when the container lid is in the opened state, the liquid outlet is opened...