ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,733, issued on Sept. 30.
"Drinking cup with ice retainer" was invented by Gregory Capizzi (Point Pleasant, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drinking cup assembly including a drinking cup configured to retain a liquid within an interior of the drinking cup; and a retainer configured to retain ice within the interior of the drinking cup while permitting the liquid to flow from the interior of the drinking cup, where the drinking cup includes a grip portion, where the grip portion has a retainer attachment section, where the retainer includes a cup attachment section, where the retainer attachment section is disposed within the cu...