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Article: German Inventors Develop Drinking Liquid Dispensing Device
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 13, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Thomas von Ronn and Birgit Clemens, both of Hamburg, Germany, have developed a dispensing device, such as a drinking container, for selectively dispensing a substance, such as a drinking liquid.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The dispensing device includes a container defining a chamber for storing the substance. The dispensing device also includes a lid element. The lid element includes a lower lid portion attachable to the container. The lower lid portion defines at least one lower orifice. The lower lid portion has an upwardly-extending column member located in a center region of the lower lid portion."
An abstract of the invention, ...