ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,376, issued on May 20, was assigned to MILKMEN DESIGN LLC (Richfield, Ohio).

"Rotatable condiment holder" was invented by Michael Koury (Medina, Ohio), William Moujaes (Akron, Ohio) and Tony Lahood (Hinckley, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A condiment holder including a holding member and connector. The connector includes a clip with flexible teeth for gripping a support surface such as a vehicle air vent fin. The holding member is rotatable relative to the clip between first and second positions disposed at 180deg to one another. When in the first position, a first surface of the holding member faces upwardly and when in the se...