ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,300, issued on June 23.
"Drinking vessel" was invented by Louisa Rebecca Stevens (Leeds, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drinking vessel (100) having a drink chamber (D) with an opening for receiving a drinking liquid, wherein the drink chamber is defined by a drink chamber wall (110), wherein the drinking vessel has an inner liquid filled chamber (120) for receiving heat from a drinking liquid in the drink chamber through the drink chamber wall, the drinking vessel has an intermediary thermally insulating layer (140) and an outer liquid filled chamber (130) that is thermally insulated from the inner liquid filled cham...