ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,491, issued on Feb. 10.
"Beverage container insulator" was invented by Robert W Way Jr. (Conroe, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage container insulator to be used in folded or unfolded configuration to insulate beverage containers of any size, comprising a blank body defining a hollow interior cavity for receiving a beverage container, comprising a front side, a back side, connected on the left side and right side with an open top, and a closed bottom, the front and back sides are terminally connected, via the bottom. A fastening patch is affixed to the front side of the body and a fastening strap is affixed to the back ...