ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,696, issued on July 15.

"Container sealing plug and container having same" was invented by Huacheng Li (Lianjiang, China) and Jiejia Xie (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a container sealing plug, which includes a plug body and a first flexible member connected. The plug body configured to seal a receiving opening of a container body. The first flexible member connected to the plug body and having a first sleeving opening formed thereon, the first sleeving opening being configured to connect to the container body. A user can place food, liquid or other objects into the container body thr...