ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,150, issued on May 27.

"Thermal container" was invented by Elvezio Romano (Karibib, Namibia), Srecko Radosavljevic (Bellinzona, Switzerland), Alberto Dell'acqua (Grono, Switzerland) and Fabiana Demaldi (Torre, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a portable thermal container (1) for consumer products (2') comprising at least a storing chamber (2) of the consumer products (2') and at least a reaction chamber (4) of a reagent component (5') and a of a reactive component (5"), wherein the reaction chamber (4) extends substantially entirely along the dimension of the largest dimension of the portabl...