ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,941, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GRAYL INC. (Seattle).
"Pressing surface for filtration container assembly" was invented by Travis Merrigan (Bremerton, Wash.), Patrick Crosby (Terrell, N.C.), Scott Rolfson (Portland, Ore.), Christopher Leiter (Happy Valley, Ore.) and Geneva Goldwood (Tacoma, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to filtration container assemblies and methods of using the same. A filtration container assembly includes an outer container and a plunging assembly. The plunging assembly includes an inner sleeve, a filtration assembly, and a cap assembly having a pressing surface. When the ou...