ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,818, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Brumate Inc. (Denver).
"No-touch straw" was invented by Dylan M. Jacob (Denver) and Jordan Westerberg (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects described herein generally relate to beverage systems. More specifically, they pertain to beverage systems featuring a lid structure that incorporates a no-touch straw mechanism. The no-touch straw mechanism allows users to transition a spout portion of the lid structure between a dispensing state and a stored state without physically contacting the spout portion of the lid structure."
The patent was filed on Dec. 5, 2023, under Application No. 18...