US Patent Issued to Pacific Market International on Feb. 18 for "Splash-resistant lid for beverage container" (Washington, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,339, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Pacific Market International LLC (Seattle).

"Splash-resistant lid for beverage container" was invented by Stephen James Lake (Bremerton, Wash.), Lovina Hsin-I Hua (Bellevue, Wash.) and Ernest Gomez III (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container lid including: a lid body which includes a flared perimeter wall, an inner structure, and a perimeter well. The inner structure defines a central throat. The perimeter well defines a plurality of openings disposed around the central throat. A lid body seal is disposed about the lid body. A lid upper includes: a lid base and a lid roof secured ...