US Patent Issued to Leapfrog Product Development on Feb. 17 for "Lid assembly having a seal mechanism for a container" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,586, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Leapfrog Product Development LLC (Chicago).

"Lid assembly having a seal mechanism for a container" was invented by Jaswanth Chowdary Gonuguntla (Chicago) and Steven N. Pinelli (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid assembly for a container. The lid assembly has a lid body, a flap, a seal and a button. The lid body has a lid opening. The flap is pivotally connected to the lid body and pivots away between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position the flap closes the lid opening. In the open position the lid opening is open and a cavity of the container is accessible th...