ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,293, issued on April 8, was assigned to Zak Designs Inc. (Spokane, Wash.).
"Drinkware apparatus" was invented by Andrew Gillespie (North Easton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drinkware apparatus includes a liquid container with a reservoir therein, the liquid container having an exterior surface, and a dispensing lid that engages with the liquid container, the dispensing lid having an exterior surface. A pair of hinge lugs extend outwardly from the exterior surface of the liquid container or outwardly from the exterior surface of the dispensing lid, each of the hinge lugs having a mounting surface that opposes the mounting s...