ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,520, issued on July 1.

"Quick release beverage dispenser with keyed coupler" was invented by Nicholas Mason Andrisevic (Edina, Minn.) and Peter Nicholas Benecke (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a beverage dispenser. The beverage dispenser can include a tap handle. In some embodiments, the beverage dispenser can include a faucet that includes a faucet lever. In some embodiments, the beverage dispenser can include the tap handle is configured to be coupled to the faucet lever via a quick release keyed coupler. In some embodiments, the quick release keyed coupler is...