US Patent Issued on Oct. 7 for "Securely-attaching removable lid for cup" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,886, issued on Oct. 7.

"Securely-attaching removable lid for cup" was invented by Jason Michael Parnes (Mount Vernon, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid for secure engagement with a disposable plastic cup to prevent spilling and allow for vigorous mixing of enclosed contents. The lid includes a guidance skirt, an orientation securing layer, and a secure engagement layer. The guidance skirt provides guidance of the rim of the cup into the orientation securing layer. The orientation securing layer helps stabilize the orientation of the lid during transition into the secure engagement layer. Furthermore, the lid has good flight ch...