ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,218, issued on Dec. 16.
"Straw cup" was invented by Sihua Huang (Yangjiang, China), Desheng Deng (Yangjiang, China), Yong Lin (Yangjiang, China) and Yuan Yin (Yangjiang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure discloses a straw cup, comprising a cup body and a cup lid covering the cup body, wherein the cup lid comprises: a cup lid body, comprising a lid structure and a handle structure connected to the lid structure; a sippy spout assembly, rotatably connected to the lid structure and having a closed state of being folded relative to the lid structure and an open state of being unfolded relative to the lid structure, the ...