ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,215, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Shurcon Manufacturing (Zhejiang) CO LTD (Jiaxing, China).
"Pulp molded cup lid and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Ling Wan (Jiaxing, China), Haifeng Huang (Jiaxing, China) and Weimin Chen (Jiaxing, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulp molded cup lid includes a lid top portion, a transverse extension portion and a longitudinal extension portion. The transverse extension portion is connected to a lower side of an outer edge of the lid top portion and extends radially outward. The longitudinal extension portion is connected to an outer edge of the transverse extension portio...