ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,151, issued on May 27, was assigned to Igloo Products Corp. (Katy, Texas).

"Insulated container" was invented by Jeff Diamond (Torrance, Calif.), Doug Hardesty (Katy, Texas) and John Maldonado (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Present embodiments relate to an insulated container. More particularly, but without limitation, the present embodiments relate to an insulated container with built-in wireless audio for communication and audio playback from a smart device for audio playback."

The patent was filed on June 12, 2023, under Application No. 18/332,925.

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