ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,696, issued on May 20, was assigned to HYDROS BOTTLE LLC (San Francisco).
"Water bottle" was invented by Jay Kiran Parekh (Philadelphia), Aakash Mathur (Philadelphia), Joseph Jackson (Wilmington, Del.), Ian White (Philadelphia), David Fowlkes (West Chester, Pa.) and Ian McDermott (Lincoln University, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable, personal apparatus for transporting liquid having a bottle configured to contain liquid. The bottle has a longitudinal axis. A first opening open in a direction generally parallel with the longitudinal axis in a pour position. A first cover coupled to the bottle and configured to close the f...