ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,291, issued on June 2.
"Popcorn coating device" was invented by Wilbert Jones (Culver City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A popcorn coating device for coating popcorn in a flavoring includes a tube that has a channel configured for receiving a quantity of popcorn from a top end and dispensing it from the bottom end. A flavor dispensing module includes a pump for urging a liquid flavoring through a perforated pipe positioned within the tube while the popcorn passes through the channel to coating the popcorn in the flavoring."
The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 2022, under Application No. 17/965,007.
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