ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,355, issued on March 3, was assigned to Thomas Saviano (Belmont, Calif.).
"Container and cup separator" was invented by Thomas A. Saviano (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed apparatus is configured to reduce the force necessary to separate a container from a nested stack of two or more containers, wherein the disclosed apparatus comprises a partition configured to modify at least one area of contact between an inner container and an outer container within a nested stack. The partition may adjust the size or location of the area of contact itself, or adjust the properties of one or more forces exerted upon ...