ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,407, issued on Jan. 13.
"Ice bucket structure" was invented by Jing Wu (Taizhou, China), Huanchao Chen (Taizhou, China) and Junhui Zheng (Taizhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice bucket structure includes an ice bucket body and a bucket cover matching with each other. An ice storage cavity is provided in the ice bucket body, an inner container is provided in the ice bucket body, a load-bearing cavity is provided in the inner container, and a foot tube for insertion and fixation of a sunshade is vertically provided in the ice bucket body."
The patent was filed on Aug. 14, 2025, under Application No. 19/299,893.
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