ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,080, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to TLK Diversified Investments LLC (Boerne, Texas).
"One-piece cap, spout, and air vent" was invented by Thomas H. Keim (Boerne, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a one-piece spout device and a method of making the same. The one-piece spout device has a spout body, cap portion, and an air-vent portion. A method of making a one-piece spout device involves heating a resilient flexible material and molding it into the shape of a one-piece spout device. The one-piece spout device preferably provides an easy-to-use spout attachable to containers, including gas cans, which does no...