ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,052, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BevMate LLC (Tifton, Ga.).
"Method of using a beverage container carrier" was invented by William D. Bowen (Enigma, Ga.), Michael C. Bowen (Tifton, Ga.) and John W. Bowen (Tifton, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This present invention relates a beverage container carrier comprising a cylindrical vessel receiver for receiving a beverage container, one or more of a tension tab, and one or more of a tension fin. When a beverage container is inserted into the cylindrical vessel receiver it contacts the tension fin. The tension fin and tension tab flex outward creating space within the cylindrica...