ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,136, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Insight 2 Design LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Insulated device" was invented by Daniel E. DeBrunner (Overland Park, Kan.), Dawnelle Proctor (Overland Park, Kan.), Montel Caruthers (Overland Park, Kan.), Quaoyi Xu (Guangzhou, China) and Alex Marshall (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulated device having a body assembly, lid assembly and closure assembly. The body assembly includes a plurality of walls and a floor forming a storage compartment. The closure assembly includes a body closure member having a first magnetic or ferro-magnetic member positioned proximate a wall t...