ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,537, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to APG PACKAGING (Azusa, Calif.).
"All plastic food pump" was invented by Armin Arminak (Azusa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand operated food pump fabricated entirely from plastic components including the pump return spring, is provided. The pump is suitable for dispensing pumpable food products such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise and the like. The pump uses an arrangement of three internal valves, i.e. upper and lower valves and a nozzle or outlet valve, to dispense such pumpable food products. Being made of all plastic components, used pumps do not require disassembly to be recycle...