ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,049, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Takeya USA Corp. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
"Assemblies for drinking and related methods" was invented by Nobuhiro Iwamura (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroshi Taketani (Mino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drinking assembly, such as a water bottle or a drinkware, having a drinking vessel and a lid assembly attached to the drinking vessel, such as by threads. The drinking vessel can have a double-wall construction. The lid assembly can have a control assembly to open and close a drink opening and a vent opening. The lid assembly can be removed from the body of the lid to enable cleaning. The control arm...