ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,066, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Vinglace LLC (Houston).

"Insulated food and beverage container" was invented by Colton Bryan Haas (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments relate to a removable insert structure, which may be formed of glass and configured to be disposed within an outer vessel. The insert structure may have a sipping portion configured to extend out of the open end of the outer vessel. In some embodiments, the cross-sectional width of the sipping portion may vary, for example from the shoulder end to the sipping end. For example, the cross-sectional width of the sipping portion may be wedge...