ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,157, issued on Feb. 18.

"Cell phone water bottle holder" was invented by Maxwell Corey Phelan (Canyon Lake, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention has a band a phone holder. The band is a flexible strap that wraps and secures around a water bottle. The phone holder is a rectangular shaped member that secures a phone to a water bottle. The band has a plurality of hook and loop fasteners, a base, a top loop, a recessed pocket, a side pocket, and a band backing. The base is a structural support for the phone holder. The recessed pocket is in the back of the band the side pocket is a pouch along the outside of the fr...