ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,272, issued on April 29, was assigned to Runway Blue LLC (Lehi, Utah).
"Beverage container lid with latching handle" was invented by David O. Meyers (Layton, Utah), John R. Omdahl II (Lindon, Utah) and David Bytheway (Springville, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments described herein are directed to a lid for a beverage container including a lid base, a closure, and a handle. The lid base may define a drinking opening therethrough. The closure may be coupled to the lid base and movable between a closed position in which the closure covers the drinking opening and an open position in which the closure does not cover the...