ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,584, issued on June 3, was assigned to YETI Coolers LLC (Austin, Texas).
"Portable cooler" was invented by Clayton Alexander (Westlake Village, Calif.), Daren John Leith (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Mikko Juhani Timperi (San Marcos, Calif.), Christopher Thomas Wakeham (Solana Beach, Calif.), Rahul Mulinti (Westlake Village, Calif.), Jacob William Emmert (Westchester, Calif.), Paul Thomas Gurney (Irvine, Calif.) and Simon David James (Simi Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooler container kit is described. The cooler container kit includes a container body having a payload chamber, a lid, an electronic system, and one or more...