ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,110, issued on May 26, was assigned to CKD SOLUTIONS LLC (Wilmington, N.C.).

"Fluid adaptor" was invented by Keneth Lopez (Mahopac, N.Y.), Christopher Lopez (Wilmington, N.C.) and Jacob Scott Morrise (Lehi, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid adaptor, having a funnel adaptor having a first open end and a second open end, the first open end having a greater diameter than the second open end, a plurality of annular protrusions disposed on an inner surface of the funnel adaptor and arranged between the first open end and the second open end, each of the plurality of annular protrusions having a radius, the radii decreasing from t...