US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Cocktail smoking chimneys and methods for infusing smoke into cocktails, beverages and alcoholic drinks" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,374, issued on June 16.

"Cocktail smoking chimneys and methods for infusing smoke into cocktails, beverages and alcoholic drinks" was invented by Blake A. Oliver (Beacon, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cocktail smoking chimney for infusing smoke into a beverage includes a sealing base having a center and an outer perimeter. A chimney stack is aligned with the center of the sealing base and projects from a top major surface of the sealing base. A combustion chamber is disposed within the chimney stack. A smoke directing lip is aligned with the center of the sealing base and projects from a bottom major surface of the sealing ba...