ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,931, issued on Feb. 11.
"Wind instrument electronic warming case" was invented by Jessica Miller (Gray, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The wind instrument electronic warming case comprises an instrument case, a temperature control subsystem, and an operator interface. The temperature control subsystem may comprise one or more heating elements and one or more air moving devices that may vary the temperature of a musical instrument that is stored within the instrument case. As a non-limiting example, the musical instrument may be a flute. Storing the musical instrument within the instrument case may eliminate the need for the music...