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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2023
Avent, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
David A. Doornbos, Woodstock, GA (US);
Mariann Cary, Canton, GA (US);
Benjamin M. Davis, Woodstock, GA (US);
Avent, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A vented transfer lid includes an inner collar projecting from a top panel of the transfer lid and having an outer circumferential surface having a texturized electrical discharge machining (EDM) surface finish. In some example forms, an interior surface of the top panel includes a texturized EDM surface finish. In example forms, the transfer lid includes a transfer port wherein at least a portion of an interior surface of the transfer port includes a texturized EDM surface finish. In other embodiments, at least a portion of the vented transfer lid comprises a nonpolar boundary such that fluids exposed to the nonpolar boundary bead and form droplets having a dimension rendering them incapable of passing through one or more vent paths.