US Patent Issued to Cirkul on Nov. 4 for "Systems and methods for adjusting content of a beverage" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,165, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Cirkul Inc. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for adjusting content of a beverage" was invented by Raymond John Ring III (Alexandria, Va.), Abraham MacLean (Arlington, Va.), Giacomo Fornasini (Bethesda, Md.), Heather Roach (Fairfax, Va.) and Mark Lyons (Ashburn, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage apparatus, hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly. The dispensing assembly can retain a vessel or pod. The dispensing ass...