ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,056, issued on June 24, was assigned to YETI Coolers LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Insulating device" was invented by Roy Joseph Seiders (Austin, Texas), Christopher M. Keller (Austin, Texas), Derek Sullivan (Austin, Texas), Erik Steven Larson (Austin, Texas), Alex Baires (Austin, Texas), Andrew M. Bosway (Austin, Texas), Karl Fritzsche (Seattle) and Laura Flores (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container may include a body assembly comprising a shell, an inner liner forming a storage compartment, a foam layer positioned between the shell and the inner liner, and an opening providing access to the storage compartment. The cont...