ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,163, issued on Aug. 19.
"Expandable adaptive cup holder" was invented by Pengbo Mu (Shenzhen, China) and Shikun Guo (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides an expandable adaptive cup holder, wherein the expandable adaptive cup holder comprises a cup holder body and a blade slidably connected to the cup holder body. The cup holder body comprises an elastic potential energy storage component arranged inside the cup holder body, and a triggering component arranged on the cup holder body. The triggering component comprises a contacting portion and a triggering portion extending into the cup holder...