US Patent Issued on March 17 for "Cooking utensil with integrated seasoning dispenser" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,701, issued on March 17.

"Cooking utensil with integrated seasoning dispenser" was invented by Edward Scott Rubin (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking article includes a cooking utensil and a handle. The handle includes several hollow seasoning compartment sections. The handle also includes a rotatable handle cap, a seasoning compartment section selector, and first and second release shafts that rotate together. The first and second release shafts and a release button move together along the axis of the handle. Rotating the handle without depressing the release button, selects one of the seasoning compartment sect...