ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,862, issued on Dec. 9.
"Device for chilling or frosting glasses" was invented by Michael Reussner (Traun, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for cooling or freezing glasses with carbon dioxide, having an upwardly open inner space for receiving a glass, wherein the inner space is enclosed all around by an inner wall, wherein a nozzle and a support tray are arranged in the inner space and a glass to be cooled or frozen is movable into the inner space and against the support tray from above, whereby carbon dioxide is released into the glass from the nozzle, and wherein the device has an outer wall, wherein the inner wall has...