US Patent Issued to Runway Blue on April 1 for "Sealing mechanism for a beverage container" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,998, issued on April 1, was assigned to Runway Blue LLC (Lehi, Utah).

"Sealing mechanism for a beverage container" was invented by Paul James Faerber (Orem, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments described herein are directed to a beverage container including a drinking opening, a closure, and a seal. The closure is configured to selectively close the drinking opening. The seal is coupled to the closure and configured to seal the drinking opening when the closure closes the drinking opening. The closure includes a shaft extending down from an interior of the closure. The seal covers the shaft, and a slit extends through...