ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,017, issued on April 14.
"Spout separating tool" was invented by Zebulun Robert Leffler (Varysburg, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device including a first plate including a leading edge and a second plate including a leading edge, wherein the first plate is configured to cooperate with the second plate to separate an attached unit formed of two parts, the first plate and the second plate are configured to be opposingly disposed about the attached unit with their leading edges facing one another and at least one of the first plate and the second plate is configured to move towards the other one of the first plate and second p...