ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,934, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).
"Additive container with bottom cover" was invented by Simon Lewis Bilton (Leamington Spa, Great Britain), Joseph Butler (Rugby, Great Britain) and Timothy Christopher Stubbs (Birmingham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Containers are provided for use with a beverage dispensing device. The container can include a housing defining a hollow interior and having an opening leading to the hollow interior, a cover coupled disposed over the opening, an inlet leading to the hollow interior, and an outlet spaced apart from the interior. The inlet a...