ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,212, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to STUBS PTY LTD (Langwarrin, Australia).

"Beverage receptacle" was invented by Nathan Doran (Langwarrin, Australia) and Jayson Prior (Langwarrin, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage receptacle configured to receive a beverage container, comprising a tubular body having a tubular portion and a base, a cavity within the tubular body adapted to receive the beverage container, a rubber sleeve at least partially surrounding the tubular portion of the tubular body, a bearing means adapted to bear on the beverage container, and wherein the beverage receptacle is formed of an insulating...