ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,500, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).
"Additive containers" was invented by Thomas James Launders (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser for preparing beverages are provided. In one embodiment, the dispensing system includes a housing, a carbonation assembly disposed within the housing, and a drawer slidably mounted to the housing. The carbonation assembly is configured to selectively carbonate a fluid. The drawer is configured to seat at least one additive container. The dispensing system is configured to selectively dispense an additive contained within an additive container in...