ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,244, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Ullo LLC (Chicago).
"Assembly for selectively aerating a beverage" was invented by James Richard Kornacki (Chicago), Asher Finkell (Chicago) and Bart Ruijpers (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for selectively aerating a beverage. The assembly includes a body, a diverter movable between first, second, and third positions, and an aerator in fluid communication with the diverter, the aerator including a central outlet and aeration outlets. When the diverter is in the first position, the diverter is positioned such that the beverage flows through the body and the central outlet ...