ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,210, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Fluid texturing device" was invented by Pierce Barnard (Manly, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid texturing device is provided for use with a beverage brewing apparatus. In one embodiment, the fluid texturing device includes a housing having a driveshaft and a steam injection tube disposed therein. The driveshaft has a whisk at the end thereof that is configured to rotate with the driveshaft, and the steam injection tube is configured to couple to a steam source and has an outlet for ejecting steam. The housing can be configured to coupl...