ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,270, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Optum Inc. (Minnetonka, Minn.).
"Dispensing spout for solid items" was invented by Albo David Dominguez Gonzalez (Oviedo, Fla.), Bryan Michael Ciervo (Orlando, Fla.) and Stephen Charles Bovenizer (Deltona, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example dispensing spout for solid items includes a first body tube portion and a second body tube portion. The first body tube portion may comprise a slide portion. The second body tube portion may comprise a connection portion for connecting the dispensing spout onto a dispenser. The slide portion may comprise a slide surface extending from an open dis...