ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,359, issued on March 3.
"Sealing lid" was invented by Jonah Ari Rosenberg (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid element for use with a container having a rim includes a centrally disposed axially projecting portion, an annular peripheral portion disposed radially outwardly of the axially projecting portion, and an annular sealing element disposed on the peripheral portion and configured to engage the rim of the container. When the sealing element engages the rim of the container, the axially projecting portion projects axially from the peripheral portion beyond the rim of the container with respect to an interior axial dir...