ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,097, issued on Dec. 2.
"Beverage insulation device" was invented by Stephen Ryan (Backmede, Australia), Bec Ryan (Backmede, Australia), Luke Garred (Backmede, Australia) and Amanda Garred (Backmede, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage insulation device for insulating and carrying a stack of beverage cans includes a sleeve having a base wall and a peripheral wall that is coupled to and extends upwardly from the base wall to define an interior space. The sleeve is cylindrical to receive a first can. The sleeve includes an insulated material for insulating contents of the first can from outside temperatures. A lip coupled...