ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,535, issued on April 14, was assigned to Buddeez Inc. (Wentzville, Mo.).
"Dual lid canister assembly with a pour spout" was invented by Charles E. Hall (Wentzville, Mo.) and William A. Hall (Wentzville, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A canister assembly includes a canister having a top opening into an interior of the canister, a first lid removably attached on the canister over the top opening with the first lid having a lid opening through the first lid, a spout on the first lid at the lid opening with the spout being movable between a closed position where the spout extends over and closes the lid opening and an opened positio...