ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,520, issued on July 22, was assigned to Zak Designs Inc. (Spokane, Wash.).
"Dispensing lid" was invented by Tyler Noveletsky (East Falmouth, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing lid includes a body with a first well therein and a port and a conduit in the first well. The dispensing lid includes a cap in rotatable engagement with the body and having a second well therein. The cap is rotatable from a closed position of the cap, in which the cap nests in the first well and engages with and closes the port, to an open position of the cap, in which the cap disengages from and opens the port. The dispensing lid includes a spou...