ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,641, issued on May 26.
"Active carbonation pressure monitoring cap" was invented by Mickel Roach (Safety Harbor, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a fermentation monitoring apparatus configured to generate a visual indicia in a fluid well in response to pressure inside a vessel exceeding a predetermined pressure. In an illustrative example, the fermentation monitoring apparatus may include a vessel cap that includes a fluid well holding a quantity of fluid, and at least one fluid communication channel. The fluid well, for example, may receive gas released from the channel via the at least o...