ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,632, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Shenzhen Zhongmin Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Lid structure" was invented by Yitong Lin (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a lid structure. An upper lid of the lid structure is buckled to a main lid, the upper lid is provided with an opening for a straw to extend out, a locking assembly is disposed between the main lid and the upper lid, and when the straw is bent, the locking assembly can move along a radial direction of the main lid to be inserted and locked in an inner hole in an end portion of the straw, so that water leakage can be avoided when the st...