ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,063, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to WMF GmbH (Geislingen An der Steige, Germany).
"Container for receiving, storing and serving food" was invented by Kevin Reinhardt (Waldkirch, Germany) and Julian Maier (Pforzheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for receiving meals, keeping meals warm, and/or dispensing meals includes a main part which can be closed by a cover. A brake is provided, which brakes a closing movement of the cover. A connecting module is provided for connecting the cover to the main part, such that the connecting module is releasably connected both to the cover as well as to the main part."
The p...