US Patent Issued to SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE on June 24 for "Attachment for a beverage container" (Swiss, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,044, issued on June 24, was assigned to SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Attachment for a beverage container" was invented by Benjamin Le Reverend (Kirkwood, Mo.), Olivier Breton (Rueyres, Switzerland), Virgile Cavin (Corcelles-le-Jorat, Switzerland) and Sarah Brulhart (Bulle, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment for a beverage container may include a cap configured to attach to an opening in the beverage container. The cap includes an opening. The attachment also include a tube passing through the cap. A beverage in the beverage container can flow through the tube and out of the opening in ...