ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,691, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ECOPLASTIC Corp. (Gyeongju-si, South Korea).
"Electric-powered mechanical cup holder" was invented by Jong Heon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hae Ju Park (Gyeongju-si, South Korea) and Hyo Kyoung Jeon (Daegu, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an electric-powered mechanical cup holder capable of elevating an accommodated container in a vertical direction. Disclosed is an electric-powered mechanical cup holder, including: a housing having a hollow hole for accommodating a container in an inside thereof; and an elevation device provided in a lower portio...