US Patent Issued to Professional Disposables International on May 27 for "Lid for container" (New Jersey, Connecticut, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,130, issued on May 27, was assigned to Professional Disposables International Inc. (Orangeburg, N.Y.).

"Lid for container" was invented by Gerard Cahalan (New Milford, Conn.), Josephine Allakpo (Bronx, N.Y.) and Ravi Katara (Sparta, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid for a container includes a base with a sidewall having a first end and an opposite second end defining a longitudinal axis. A cover disposed at the second end and defining an opening, and a bead extends inwardly from the sidewall relative to the longitudinal axis and proximate the first end. The bead has an extension distance and a portion of the bead has a reduce...