US Patent Issued to Expanding Ideas on July 21 for "Expandable and collapsible lid system and method" (Delaware, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,529, issued on July 21, was assigned to Expanding Ideas Inc (Ocean View, Del.).

"Expandable and collapsible lid system and method" was invented by Seth Luis Henriques (Lowell, Mass.) and Miguel DeJesus Henriques (Ocean View, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable and collapsible lid system and method thereof. The system includes at least one container including an opening and at least one corresponding lid. The lid may be operable between an expanded state, a middle state and a collapsed state. The lid includes a flange having a circumscribing lip for releasably sealing the opening of the container and concentric segments....