ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,282, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to AEGIS GLOBAL RESOURCES (HK) Ltd. (Hong Kong).
"Lid assemblies for containers" was invented by Siu Wah Wong (Hong Kong), Fat Sun Kwok (Hong Kong), Chi Yeung Chan (Hong Kong) and Shun Sang Poon (Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid unit for use with a beverage container. The lid unit includes a lid body having a lid cover and a side wall extending downwardly from the lid cover; and a drink straw having a gas relief valve detachably fitted to the lid body. In particular, a rotatable top plate can be placed on the lid cover; and the gas relief valve can permit the pressured gas to escape ...