US Patent Issued on March 24 for "Gold pan with areas of differing surface textures" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,996, issued on March 24.

"Gold pan with areas of differing surface textures" was invented by Lucian D. Whitman (Lake Isabella, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The gold pan with areas of differing surface textures includes a disc-shaped, planar bottom panel, and an upwardly and outwardly extending frustoconical sidewall attached to the circular perimeter of the bottom panel. The circular top of the frustoconical sidewall includes a rounded upper rim. The rounded upper rim includes reinforcement ribs, and a hole defined therethrough for hanging the gold pan on a hook or other structure. A downwardly extending flange is attached ...