ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,957, issued on Jan. 27.

"Pincer mechanism for toting a beverage bottle of a personal size" was invented by Michael Owen Baldi (Walpole, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inherently tensile self-adjusting pincer mechanism for toting a commercially manufactured beverage bottle of a personal size to provide an end user with a hands-free toting experience while further promoting a higher level of socially responsible behavior in the disposal, recycling, and/or the convenient reuse of a commercially manufactured beverage bottle."

The patent was filed on Feb. 1, 2024, under Application No. 18/429,653.

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