ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,007, issued on May 13, was assigned to Blue Syke Foods LLC (Hilliard, Ohio).
"Insulated food and/or beverage container system" was invented by Joseph Patrick McConnell (Columbus, Ohio) and Massoud Ghaffari-Nikou (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulated food and/or beverage container system includes an outer insulated container with a cylindrical body portion and a removable outer container lid that is configured to sealingly engage with the cylindrical body portion so as to minimize thermal transfer with an outside environment; and an inner container configured to fit within the outer insulated container, the inner contai...