US Patent Issued to Ryan Newland on May 6 for "Concentric handle for holding knife inside jar" (Illinois, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,192, issued on May 6, was assigned to Ryan Newland (Barrington, Ill.).

"Concentric handle for holding knife inside jar" was invented by Ryan P Newland (Barrington, Ill.) and Steven L Silvey (Vancouver, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concentric handle for hand spreading is held in a container. A circular disc is shaped to be concentrically press fit into a circular top mouth opening of the container. The circular disc forms a handle for grasping by fingers of a user. A spreader is integrally formed in the disc extending downward. An upper outer flanged circular ring is integrally formed in the disc to prevent the disc from fit...